He had not addressed to her even the most ordinary courtesy of fellow travellers; she doubted that he was even aware of her existence.
She went further: she doubted that he was fully conscious of where he was.
Suddenly she became aware of the fact that he had brought no lunch.
A little kindness would not bring the world tumbling about her ears.

So she approached him with sandwiches.
"You forgot your lunch," she said.

"Won't you take these ?" For a space he merely stared at her, perhaps wondering if she were real.

Then a bit of colour flowed into his sunken white cheeks.
"Thank you; but I've a pocket full of water-chestnuts.

I'm not hungry." "Better eat these, even if you don't want them," she urged.