Though None Go With Me
Though None Go With Me
“The sky was inky, the moon a sliver, yet the thermometer on their back porch read eighty degrees. Elisabeth was so full, felt so clean and renewed and invigorated and resolute, that she wanted to tell the world—starting with her father and even Aunt Agatha. But her aunt was already snoring, and her father seemed distracted.
They sat on the front steps and sipped water chilled with ice shavings. “You did some business with God tonight,” he said. “That’s good. Those are the kinds of decisions and... commitments I can’t make for you, but which mean as much to me as any you could make.”
Elisabeth pressed the glass against her cheek and glanced at her father. He seemed sad somehow, despite what he was saying.
“Are you all right, Dad?”
He shrugged. “A little tired.”
“You’re working too hard. But can you be happy for me tonight?”
He put his arm around her, something he hadn’t done for a long time. “I am,” he said. “I told you I was. At least I meant to.”
Elisabeth was troubled.MoreLess
They sat on the front steps and sipped water chilled with ice shavings. “You did some business with God tonight,” he said. “That’s good. Those are the kinds of decisions and... commitments I can’t make for you, but which mean as much to me as any you could make.”
Elisabeth pressed the glass against her cheek and glanced at her father. He seemed sad somehow, despite what he was saying.
“Are you all right, Dad?”
He shrugged. “A little tired.”
“You’re working too hard. But can you be happy for me tonight?”
He put his arm around her, something he hadn’t done for a long time. “I am,” he said. “I told you I was. At least I meant to.”
Elisabeth was troubled.MoreLess
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