Her mind was gone--she was like a child.

She had toys, like a child.

She wept, she cried out like a child.

Very often I was obliged to play--Ah! my God! My God!" "This was one of your family.

It was that which we heard--which we _felt_--about the place-- ?" Her voice was very clear, though low.
"My wife! Now you know." He dropped back, his face once more between his hands, and again she fell into silence.
"How long--was this ?" at length she asked quietly.
He turned a scorched and half-blinded face toward her.