13/14 "I can hear the water--it's very heavy, isn't it ?" "It never stops. We don't hear it, because we're used to it--I don't think it will bother you very long. We'll try to make you comfortable." He turned, offering her his arm, on which he placed her hand. He was a trifle surprised to see that Sim Gage without a word had passed to the other side of his wife, also giving her an arm. He walked along slowly and gravely, limping, silent as he had been all the afternoon, but made no sign of his own discomfort, indeed did not speak at all. |