7/21 "It has just this moment occurred to me," she said, "that you haven't said 'Thank you.'" So suddenly that he startled her he was at her side. He did not hesitate this time, as he had hesitated in his room at Cardigan's place. He caught her two hands in his, and with them he felt the soft, damp crush of her hair between his fingers. He could not remember afterward all that he said. |