She stopped, for the chocolate was boiling over; then she began to sing:
"Before marriage, men love most.
After marriage, women best.
Marriage many changes makes—
Heart is happy or heart breaks."
And she sang it so many times that I went to sleep and dreamed the dream I love most.
I see hundreds and hundreds of little creatures (they are the Mary part of little children), and they are afraid and shivering and standing about, not knowing where to go or what to do. And then Miss Katherine is in the midst of them, smiling and beckoning, and they follow and follow, and wings come out. Just tiny ones at first, and then larger and larger, and presently they fly all around her, and she points the way, smiling and cheering.
And then they rise higher and higher, and off they go, and she is alone. Tired out but glad, because she taught them how to use their wings.
VII
"STERILIZED AND FERTILIZED"
his is Sunday, and we have done all the usual Sunday things. There won't be another for seven days. For that we give thanks in our hearts, but not out loud.