Something Blue (1959)
“And this is her cousin, Dorothy," Johnny spoke up. He had to be very cheerful, loud, and hearty. Somebody had to be.
"Thank you for all you have done," McCauley's brovvn eyes sent up to him a look of piercing gratitude.
"Thank Dorothy, too." "I do thank Dorothy." Dorothy said, w^ith that sturdy sweetness, "Ym. glad to meet you at last, Uncle CHnton." "That's right," he mused. "You are Essie McCauley and Gordon O'Hara's child." Nan's face had color. "I am Polly McCauley," she said shyly....
The man looked at her directly for the first time. "Oh, my poor Polly McCauley. My dear little one." The heart seemed to rush out of the frail body toward her. "What a terrible bad time you must have hadl" Nan was very still. Everyone was still.
Then Nan said, "You've had the bad time. Oh, tell me.'' She sat down. She put out her hands. "What shall I call you? Father? Dad? ITL take care of you now, and .yi?ull help me?" She had said the exact right thing.MoreLess
"Thank you for all you have done," McCauley's brovvn eyes sent up to him a look of piercing gratitude.
"Thank Dorothy, too." "I do thank Dorothy." Dorothy said, w^ith that sturdy sweetness, "Ym. glad to meet you at last, Uncle CHnton." "That's right," he mused. "You are Essie McCauley and Gordon O'Hara's child." Nan's face had color. "I am Polly McCauley," she said shyly....
The man looked at her directly for the first time. "Oh, my poor Polly McCauley. My dear little one." The heart seemed to rush out of the frail body toward her. "What a terrible bad time you must have hadl" Nan was very still. Everyone was still.
Then Nan said, "You've had the bad time. Oh, tell me.'' She sat down. She put out her hands. "What shall I call you? Father? Dad? ITL take care of you now, and .yi?ull help me?" She had said the exact right thing.MoreLess
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