People like him get what they deserve, she said from her pillow on the bed in the back room of the house.

She lifted her head from the pillow and sat up straight.

He reached down and gathered her up from the pillow.

That got him to lift his head from the pillow and turn toward her.

She stretched and started to push herself up from the pillow.

He was too weak, poor fellow, even to raise his head from the pillow.

His head nearly raised up from the pillow, and then subsided.

He lifted his head from the pillow and listened hard.

She shook her head slightly, not yet ready to raise it from the pillow.

You are the dearest boy I've ever known, she said from her pillow.