In the wonder of it he stood silent, and the moment was weighted with an appalling silence.
It came to them both in that instant--the _tick-tick-tick_ of the watch in his pocket! Without taking her eyes from his face she asked: "What time is it.

John ?" "Joanne----" "I am not afraid," she whispered.

"I was afraid this afternoon, but I am not afraid now.

What time is it, John ?" "My God--they'll dig us out!" he cried wildly.

"Joanne, you don't think they won't dig us out, do you?
Why, that's impossible! The slide has covered the wires.