http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/137 Comments for "Chapter 3" en http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/137 <p> <p>&quot;Justin said <i>that</i> to <i>you</i>?&quot; Elizabeth asked in<br /> amazement. </p> </p> <p> <p>I nodded soberly. &quot;Every word,&quot; I assured her. </p> </p> <p> <p>The two of us sat close together on the smaller sofa in our living room, an<br /> hour or so after dinner. We were quite alone in the apartment for once: Timothy<br /> was off at his guitar lesson, Martin was in the gym, and both Teresa and<br /> Cynthia (I was glad to see) were off with their friends. The room was all but<br /> dark, the only light coming from the cheerfully-burning fireplace. For a little<br /> while we had sat silent, staring into the flames, &quot;dreaming the fire&quot;<br /> (to use a phrase I once heard), our arms around each other and Elizabeth's head<br /> resting comfortably on my shoulder. But my wife knew my moods too well; and<br /> when she finally asked what was bothering me, I'd had little choice but to tell<br /> her. Even more than four hours later, the incident still troubled me deeply. </p> </p> <p><a href="http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/137">read more</a></p> http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/137#comment Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:38:24 -0700 Simon 137 at http://robin.thornvalley.com