He gets worse every day." She disengaged herself from the boy's arms and her terribly beautiful, painfully exquisite, trance.
"Give me one more kiss, tell me once more that you love me and only me, for ever, and let us go....

God bless this place.

I thank God.

I love God--now ..." she said.
Dam could not speak at all.
They walked away, hand in hand, incredulous, tremulous, bewildered by the beauty and wonder and glory of Life.
Alas! As they passed the Lodge and entered the dark avenue, Dam found his tongue.
"Must tell Grumper," he said.

Nothing mattered since Lucille loved him like that.