“Starting early last spring, and continuing all through the summer, Kate and I had been taking long weekend trips together, driving up into New England or over to Pennsylvania or down as far as the Carolinas. Our marriage hadn’t come to an end at the time of my disgrace, but it hadn’t really gone on either; it had fallen into a kind of suspended animation, as though it had been flash-frozen—which is, I suppose, a pretty accurate description of what in truth did happen—and ceased to have any mean...ingful existence after that for more than two years. The trips had been Kate’s idea, and it was a good one; they helped a lot in the thawing process. Bill is old enough now to be left alone for a few days, so each weekend we just get into the car and start driving, sometimes with no specific destination at all in mind. This time we drove up to Lake Champlain; Plattsburg, Dannemora, that area up near the Canadian border. It was October and many places were already closed for the winter, but up in the mountains the leaves had changed their colors and were really beautiful to look at.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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