12/33 "Know who this is--Two-Hawks ?" A strained, tense gesture as Hawksley seized the photograph; then his chin sank slowly to his chest. A moment later Cutty was profoundly astonished to see something sparkle on its way down the bed quilt. "I'm terribly sorry! I should have had the decency to wait a day or two." "On the contrary, thank you!" Hawksley flung up his head. "Nothing in all God's muddied world could be more timely--the face of my mother! I am not ashamed of these tears. |