Last nigo my  Buster ellme about illie. I run all t he said.’

    Yes.’

    ter and trouble come up. Portia ed. S ongue and tened  o do e guard picked on time. t on roader ry to run off in taken all taken all to t this here ice-cold room.’

    tle in .

    It  six ia said. You remember t cold spell t illie and this room like ice.’

    Portia spoke in a loen. It and. tinct in  t  and ter t broke on .  o look beo find the words already said.

    . . . and ts sruggle on t. And nobody come. ts and nobody come.’

    I am deaf, said Doctor Copeland. I cannot understand.’

    t our illie and this here ice-cold room.

    taken tied ts to ts in ts sruggle on t. It s froze. ts ss and three days. And nobody come.

    Doctor Copeland pressed  still teady trembling  stop. I cannot  you say.’

    t last to get taken illie and to t.

    Buster Jo one foot and t  our illie— sawed off.’

    tia leaned over and struck able. S cry or moan, but sruck op of table. ttled and o ttered in   try to assemble t to somewhere.

    Crippled? he asked. illiam?’

    Portia knocked able and t of a drum and  took up tly tted to tood.

    hey send him home?’

    Portia leaned er dont kno. Soon aftere all t places. t Buster to anoto be home soon now.’

    t for a long time, looking into eactled against eeto a saucer and some of it dripped down on her lap.

    illiam------ Doctor Copeland said. As eet deeply into ongue and  for a long wia held his hand