The hours were passing almost unnoted, when a patient beyond the circle of light feebly called for water.

Hour after hour passed almost unnoted.

In the general paralysis of suffering and despair which rested now upon the Valley, the terrible double tragedy of the gulf passed almost unnoted.

Whicher's part in the Walworth case went almost unnoted in the press, which continued to publish indignant criticisms of his investigation at Road Hill.