"Humph!" ejaculated the woman; but what she intended to convey by this utterance Walter could not tell.
Again the woman went to the window and looked out.
"It's time for Jack to be here," she said.
"Your son?" asked Walter.
"No, my husband."
"He'll be pretty wet when he comes in," Walter ventured to say; but his remark elicited no response.
After a while his hostess said, in her usual abrupt tone, "I expect you are hungry."
"Yes," said Walter, "I am, but I can wait till your husband comes."
"I don't know when he'll come. Likely he's kept."