In wheeling about to come back, the woman whose profile he now faced attracted his eye again, in spite of himself, and he gave her another idle thought.

How absorbing was the subject upon which she was brooding, and how deeply it affected her! It struck him as he quietly repassed her that he had never seen a sadder face.

Then that impression passed from his mind, for he saw Perry coming toward him with a pencil and telegram-blank in hand.

He had decided to let Sweetwater know where he could be reached that night, and Perry had come for the message.
It must have been fully two hours later that Mr.Gryce, sitting down in his former chair, looked up and found his view unobstructed to the river.
The woman had gone.
Just for the sake of saying something to Perry, who had drawn up beside him, he remarked upon the fact, adding in explanation of his interest in so small a matter: "It's the thoughts and feelings of people which take hold of my curiosity now.

Human nature is a big book, a great book.