Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"All the time. And where is Mercedes? She hasn't been in for two
days."

"Old Barry's sick. She's with him."

He did not tell her that the old night watchman was dying, two
thin walls and half a dozen feet away.

Saxon's lips were trembling, and she began to cry weakly,
clinging to Billy's hand with both of hers.