The Dead Don't Get Out Much
“I said.
“I'm just saying, Camilla. Calm yourself.”
“What else have you got?”
“Fine. Here's one from friends. Some from a Miss Betty Connaught, some from Miss Hazel Fellows. They all have Xs and Os on the envelopes. I found a lot from Captain Walter Parnell. Some say Major Parnell. I wonder why she doesn't talk about him much. I think she really loved him a lot.”
“He's dead, Alvin. She probably has just compartmentalized those memories because they're painful.”
Alvin's head jerked. “Like you did... with your husband?”
“Yes.”
“Do you think he died in the war?”
“No, it was later. I know that.”
“You don't suppose…?”
“Suppose what, Alvin? You can make a person crazy.” I hate the wounded look he gets on his face. “Okay, I'm sorry,” I said.
Alvin said, “I wanted to say, since she's talking about dead men, maybe her husband was the guy she was talking about? He was important, and he's dead.”
“I don't think so. She would have said ‘my husband’.”MoreLess
“I'm just saying, Camilla. Calm yourself.”
“What else have you got?”
“Fine. Here's one from friends. Some from a Miss Betty Connaught, some from Miss Hazel Fellows. They all have Xs and Os on the envelopes. I found a lot from Captain Walter Parnell. Some say Major Parnell. I wonder why she doesn't talk about him much. I think she really loved him a lot.”
“He's dead, Alvin. She probably has just compartmentalized those memories because they're painful.”
Alvin's head jerked. “Like you did... with your husband?”
“Yes.”
“Do you think he died in the war?”
“No, it was later. I know that.”
“You don't suppose…?”
“Suppose what, Alvin? You can make a person crazy.” I hate the wounded look he gets on his face. “Okay, I'm sorry,” I said.
Alvin said, “I wanted to say, since she's talking about dead men, maybe her husband was the guy she was talking about? He was important, and he's dead.”
“I don't think so. She would have said ‘my husband’.”MoreLess
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