A Set of Six. Джозеф Конрад

of the catastrophe overtaking a whole country.”

      … . …

      Gaspar Ruiz saw the girl open her eyes. The raising of her eyelids seemed to recall him from a trance. They were alone; the cries of terror and distress from homeless people filled the plains of the coast remote and immense, coming like a whisper into their loneliness.

      She rose swiftly to her feet, darting fearful glances on all sides. “What is it?” she cried out low, and peering into his face. “Where am I?”

      He bowed his head sadly, without a word.

      “… Who are you?”