`` you came along the great north road ? '' `` sure have been a lot of those lately , '' ham said . i fought my way free of the debris and stumbled toward you . `` that is a good point , '' he agreed . i watched as a tear slid down her face . the silence drew on as their minds raced . the dim light did n't conceal how handsome he was . there was something else there , too , but she could n't put her finger on it . 