His head bent forward, his shoulders thrust out, he stumbled towards her.
"Then--well, what then!" he gasped.

"Then--you--forgot--" She realized she had gone too far, saw the storm in his mind.
"No--no--no, I didn't forget you, John.

Never--but--" She got no farther.

Suddenly his hands stretched out as if to seize her shoulders, his face became tortured--he swayed.

She caught him.