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