The Seasons Hereafter

Authors: Elisabeth Ogilvie

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“From the dissociation of their lives on Water Street they had changed to something that passed, for outsiders and for Barry, as unity. For him that one night had been the symbol. He wouldn’t want another one right away; that would be forcing his luck, and Van’s generosity. Besides, working as strenuously as he did, he was almost instantly snuffed out by fatigue as soon as he was warmed and fed. But it had been proved to him that he had never lost Van and so he was happy. Now I am one of the wiv...es, Van thought. I observe the proper ceremonials and rituals. I send away to the catalog, I walk to the store on boat day and have a mail order made out by Helmi; I smile at Mark Bennett’s jokes, and listen when the other wives talk to me, and sometimes I play a speaking part. And I do housework. God, how I do housework.
But she still sneaked out the back door and ran away to the point or to Long Cove mornings to avoid the moment when Kathy Campion would arrive, coffeepot in one hand and a pan of fresh Finnish coffee bread in the other, for a nice snug getting-acquainted session.MoreLess Read More Read Less