"I saw mine Freda when the stone swung.
She lay there--just at my feet.

I picked her up and I saw that mine Freda was dead.

But I hoped--and I thought maybe mine Helma was somewhere here, too, So I ran with mine yndling--here--" His voice broke.

"I thought maybe she was _not_ dead," he went on.

"And I saw that"-- he pointed to the Moon Pool--"and I thought I would bathe her face and she might live again.