On seeing me she rushed forward.
"Have you had bad news ?" "Yes.

Is it in the paper ?" "I was coming to show my husband.

The name is an uncommon one.

I wondered if they might be relatives of yours." I bowed acquiescence.

The chief looked at the paragraph below his wife's indicating thumb, then he looked at me as if I, too, had suffered a seachange.
"I had no idea--" he said.