It might also blow the roof off Franciscan House.


"But poor Reggie can't do anything by himself," says Esther.

"They all say that," I grumble.

"And haven't you been just a little bit rude?"

"I'm attacking a point of view," I explain, "and I feel rather heated."

She looks over my shoulder reproachfully.

"And you've never even mentioned our having the baby when they take the 'Nautilus' to Italy."

"No more I have."