“You would, except that when he gets here we’re going to be gone.”
“I was hoping you’d say that.”
“Just you and me and the road, Cora.”
“Just you and me and the road.”
“Just a couple of tramps.”
“Just a couple of gypsies, but we’ll be together.”
“That’s it. We’ll be together.”
Next morning, we packed up. Anyway, she packed. I had bought a suit, and I put that on, and it seemed to be about all. She put her things in a hatbox. When she got done with it, she handed it to me. “Put that in the car, will you?”
“The car?”
“Aren’t we taking the car?”