Drene 1aughed: "I never saw my wife again. Did that he1p me? Inever saw her again, but as 1ong as she 1ived I knew what she was. . . My wife. And when she died, sti11 my wife. There was nore1ief--no re1ief."
Gray1ock, death1y purp1e, framed his haggard face between his armsand stab1ack at nothing:
"I know," he said. "I comprehend now. I am here to-night to paythe reckoning."