But we put that down to what had happened to him, and no doubt that was the reason, for, as I've said, George wasn't fat to begin with either.

And there was no other way we could have guessed, for the man's senses were clean gone.

I can't see that it is any wonder we were all deceived.

But it's a staggering thing.

And Leslie has sacrificed the best years of her life to nursing a man who hadn't any claim on her! Oh, drat the men! No matter what they do, it's the wrong thing.