Lets laugh at it then, said Stanton Grundy.
Themother put her arm about him and kissed him fondly. And now that the marriage was
off, the dream COULDcome true.
Oncehe saw a boy about his own age standing by his
mothers side.
Murray Dark looked at his house proudly when he
came home from thefuneral. It was simply impossibleeven to IMAGINE being married to
any one but Roger. The baby cried a great dealand Stanton Grundy glared at
it.
I neverdid or could seem able to bake damsons so as
to please Dandy.
And I hear youre to be congratulated,
too.
She had known nothing about it till this very
moment, when sherealized that it was Roger she loved. Shetrembled with longing as
she looked at it. The room was filled with a dim greyness of dawn. Brian had thought
he could never tell anybody.
In those few moments the dream of the golden-haired
baby vanishedfor ever from her heart.
When he finally fell asleep he had a dreadful
dream. Even his horses had learned tounderstand a milder vocabulary. And it was so
warm and cosy in Little Sams living-room.
Margaret was too uplifted to mind his profanityOh,
Penny, I didnt want to marry you either.
It was just like Edith to have a baby at such an
inconvenient time.
Which was just as wellbecause Margaret had no
longer any hankerings for marriage.
If she only knew the answers tothose questions! He
simply made ablood-curdling sound that gave Mrs Toynbee a spasm.
A greatpyramid of pumpkins shone goldenly in Homer
Penhallows yard. Some thought it wasbecause of the fire but the majority refused
that opinion.
It wasplain to be seen now why she had thrown Penny
over so heartlessly.
Brians voice shook beyond control but it was not
with fear aboutthe cattle.
Shehad Whispering Winds and Brian and she was
perfectly happy.
It savoured too strongly of something miraculous
and unclan-like. With everybody putting his own name in the ballot, remarkedWilliam
Y.
It seemed incredible that Dandy didnt know THAT.
WhisperingWinds was hers and a little lonely creature to love and
cherish.
One DOES get the moon sometimes, Roger told
him.
Are congratulations in order if you are going
tomarry a girl who is in love with another man? All the repression of months wasin
his ejaculation.