But I know.

She'd been under a high strain leadin' up to October first.

An' the way that weddin'-day turned out--with Old Bill layin' Jack cold, an' with no marriage at all--why, Collie had a shock.
An' after that she seemed pale an' tired all the time an' she didn't eat right.

Well, when Buster Jack got over that awful punch he'd got from the old man he made up to Collie harder than ever.

She didn't tell me then, but I saw it.