This old man and this old woman had been together for quite a while. They had been through a lot and then. After the accident, they were admitted to the hospital where Mel works and had little chance of making it through. Despite the odds, they both managed to make it, but the old man became depressed (Carver 157). The old man confides in Mel, telling him that he was depressed "because he couldn't see [his wife] through the eye holes." Mel continues: "That man's heart was breaking because he couldn't turn his damn head and see his damn wife." (Carver 158). These two old geezers feel true love. They cannot live without each other, because they have the truth