was so much confusion, but I found him at last in one of the wards.

As I came up I heard a doctor who had been attending him say to the

nurse beside him, "It's all up with him, poor chap."

Then he turned around and saw me standing there, and I said quietly, "I

am his wife."

He and the nurse exchanged glances, and he looked distressed. He seemed

to expect me to go off into a fit or a faint, and looked surprised

because I stayed so calm. I was surprised myself. I seemed to be in a

dream and moved and acted quite automatically.

Sherry did not know me; he had been struck on the head while swimming