Perhaps there was something wrong with her, Sally thought glumly.

Now he could be a murderer, the boy thought glumly.

He could have picked a worse place to leave me, she thought glumly.

And, then, I thought glumly, what difference does it make?

If only I could have gotten out of this mission, he thought glumly.

If so, he thought glumly, there would be absolute hell to pay.

I might as well get this over with, he thought glumly.

And that will mean one excuse fewer to see you, he thought glumly.

Tomorrow, she thought glumly, those words just might not be accessible to him at all.

There's probably not much left, he thought glumly, but here goes nothing.