XI + 

The doctors told him that though the right eye was gone completely, he might not entirely lose the sight of the other for perhaps a year. + 

Bess did not shriek when she saw him; she only stood with her hands shaky at her breast. + 

She seemed to hesitate before kissing what had been his mouth. But she spoke cheerfully: + 

“Don’t you worry about a single thing. I’ll get a job that’ll keep us going. I’ve already seen the general secretary at the C.O.S. And isn’t it nice that the kiddies are old enough now to read aloud to you.” + 

To be read aloud to, the rest of his life⁠ ⁠… + 