"It's disappointing seeing people treat one another that way, isn't it?"
John, ever astute and watchful, hadn't missed the pretty young woman, nor the subtle downturn of her lips at the scene he himself had been witnessing and thus asked her that question with a strangely soft but rasping voice, his blue eyes appraising her in a distant way.
"I remember a time when a man did everything in his power to please and protect a woman, especially one carrying his child."