Then I said no more.
It was Keefe O’Connor who stood there holding out his hands to me.
“I’ll put up the horses, sis,” said Jim with a little funny break in his voice. And then Keefe drew me into the lighted room.
You two have been such true lovers for so many years, that I need tell you nothing about what that moment meant. No, I need not tell you anything at all.
After a while we went into the long room where the fire was leaping.
“Oh,” I cried, “it is perfect!”
For the room completely suited me.
“It is bare,” said Keefe. “But I left the furnishings to you.”
I said nothing. I laughed. It was different from any other laugh I ever had. I laughed and laughed.
“What is so amusing?” asked Keefe at last.