I've never seen a corpse in my life, and I've never even seen anybody that was terribly sick, so you mustn't judge by me.

I only know you do look better, I'm glad to say.
But you're right about my not being able to look at you at first.

You had a kind of whiteness that--Well, you're almost as thin, I suppose, but you've got more just ordinarily pale; not that ghastly look.

Anybody could look at you now, Bibbs, and no--not get--" "Sick ?" "Well--almost that!" she laughed.

"And you're getting a better color every day, Bibbs; you really are.