"We must build an altar, dearest."
"In our hearts—"
"And in our House of Dreams—"
THE EIGHTH DAY
There was no getting out of the Witherspoon dinner, and it was when Ralph greeted Jean that he said to her, "You are lovelier than ever."
She smiled at him. "It is because my heart is singing—"
"Do you feel like that?"
She nodded. "In three days the song will cease—the lights will go out, and the curtain will fall—the end of the world will come."
"Drake goes in three days?"
"He goes back to camp. I don't expect to see him again before he sails."