There was a sort of dull apathy in her face that awed him.

He did not kiss her.
'I've heard, dear,' he whispered.

'All's over.' 'Yes,' she said, looking at him for the first time, without surprise.
'Why are you sitting here ?' he asked.
'I'm waiting for Dickie Haddon,' she said listlessly.

'He went to Yarraman to buy some things to make a disguise.

It is only fair to wait.' He was touched with profound pity; but her mood chilled him, he dared not offer a caress.
'And then ?' 'And then?
Oh, then I will go to the homestead.