Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

Bud Strothers was followed by Maggie Donahue, and Mrs. Olsen, who
paid neighborly calls of cheer and were tactful in their offers
of help and in studiously avoiding more reference than was
necessary to Billy's predicament.

In the afternoon James Harmon arrived. He limped slightly, and
Saxon divined that he was doing his best to minimize that
evidence of hurt. She tried to apologize to him, but he would not
listen.