SHE MERELY BRUSHED HIS CHEEK WITH HER LIPS AND PUT A HAND LIGHTLY AND JOYOUSLY ON EITHER SHOULDER I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE YOU BARTLEY WHEN DID YOU COME BARTLEY AND HOW DID IT HAPPEN YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN A WORD SHE LOOKED AT HIS HEAVY SHOULDERS AND BIG DETERMINED HEAD THRUST FORWARD LIKE A CATAPULT IN LEASH I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU WISH ME TO BARTLEY SHE SAID TREMULOUSLY HE PULLED UP A WINDOW AS IF THE AIR WERE HEAVY HILDA WATCHED HIM FROM HER CORNER TREMBLING AND SCARCELY BREATHING DARK SHADOWS GROWING ABOUT HER EYES IT IT HASN'T ALWAYS MADE YOU MISERABLE HAS IT ALWAYS BUT IT'S WORSE NOW
