"I don't know. We'll try walking tomorrow. Don't think about it now. Rest."

He tried to relax, but his mind was a vortex of conjecture.

"Just one more question," he almost whispered.

"Yes?"

"The man I killed—did he have a wife?"

She hesitated. He thought, Damn it, of all the questions, why did I ask that?

Finally she said, "He had a wife."

"Children?"

"Two. I don't know their ages."

She left the room.