Her watchful eye had detected how poor his appetite had been lately.

Despite that, the boy had a very sweet disposition and was always full of fun.

He was always anxious to have everybody in a good humor, and above all, his mother.

Of all the burdens she had to bear, the trouble about her son's health was the hardest.

One could see this by the painful expression on her face when she left the window and sat down beside her work table.
Mux was just repeating a question for the third time, but his mother did not hear him.