Kit threw herself into his arms. “Oh, Frank, think about me all the time! Sometimes I think I won’t be so lonely if I know you’ll have me in your thoughts!”
“You know I will, Kit.”
“And next summer will come before we know it,” she said bravely.
Frank nodded. “We’ll both be here for the wedding. And maybe at Christmas time. Kit, the year will go by before you realize it.”
She nestled in his arms. “Oh, look,” she said. “Here comes Jean. She must have changed her mind about calling Ralph from the hospital.”
They watched Jean stroll up the driveway. Then they saw Ralph come out onto the porch. And as they watched, Jean and Ralph ran towards each other, met, and embraced with the tenderness and ardor of a precious and invaluable love.
Transcriber’s Note:
Punctuation has been standardised. Hyphenation has been retained as published in the original publication. Changes have been made as follows:
- Page 13
thinking of Jack, the Craig’s changed to
thinking of Jack, the [Craigs’] - Page 14
be at the hopital now changed to
be at the [hospital] now - Page 30
the Craig’s farmhouse changed to
the [Craigs’] farmhouse - Page 43
choose sodium pentathol changed to
choose sodium [pentothal] - Page 58
Mr. Craig came downtairs changed to
Mr. Craig came [downstairs] - Page 64
[The following lines] in the original book have been moved from the fifth to sixth paragraph: - minerals have calories. The function of the mineral
- is not to provide body heat.” She flipped a page. “Now
- Page 65
Sally nooded changed to
Sally [nodded] - Page 69
Dr. Benson pounded his first changed to
Dr. Benson pounded his [fist] - Page 90
a decent meals in months changed to
a decent [meal] in months - Page 147
the tour started for the center of town changed to
the [four] started for the center of town - Page 171
the doorway, She saw Tommy changed to
the doorway, [she] saw Tommy - Page 175
he hold timself changed to
he [told] [himself] - Page 197
he he exclaimed changed to
[he] exclaimed - Page 211
whispered back, “It wasn’t.” changed to
whispered back, “[it] wasn’t.” - Page 215
in that mummy we were examing changed to
in that mummy we were [examining]