He was so preoccupied with not screaming that for a moment he didnt even see what was coming into the driveway, and when he did see it, he believed at first that it must be a mirage.
He was twisting a cheap cloth cap restlessly in his hands, and in the light cast by the lamp Geoffrey held up, his face looked lined and yellow and terribly worried - frightened, even. He had re-injured the ribs he had broken riding after the doctor three nights ago, that was obvious, but it wasnt just pain that made his eyes blaze from his whitened face like that.