Well, I was all he had, his next of kin, so they sent me his decoration.

And I'm the last of our family--and a woman--and--and not seeing very well.
Annie, he was my reliance--and I was his, poor boy, because of his trouble, that made him a half-cripple, though he got into the flying corps at last.

I'm alone.

And, Annie--that was what was the trouble at the store.

I'm--it's my _eyes_." They both sat for a long time in silence.