to knock the good out of it hes a widower now I wonder
what sort is his son he says hes an author and going
to be a university professor of Italian and Im to
take lessons what is he driving at now showing him
my photo its not good of me I ought to have got it
taken in drapery that never looks out of fashion still
I look young in it I wonder he didnt make him a present
of it altogether and me too after all why not I saw
him driving down to the Kingsbridge station with his
father and mother I was in mourning thats 11 years
ago now yes hed be 11 though what was the good in
going into mourning for what was neither one thing
nor the other the first cry was enough for me I heard
the deathwatch too ticking in the wall of course he
insisted hed go into mourning for the cat I suppose
hes a man now by this time he was an innocent boy
then and a darling little fellow in his lord Fauntleroy
suit and curly hair like a prince on the stage when
I saw him at Mat Dillons he liked me too I remember
they all do wait by God yes wait yes hold on he was
on the cards this morning when I laid out the deck
union with a young stranger neither dark nor fair
you met before I thought it meant him but hes no chicken
nor a stranger either besides my face was turned the
other way what was the 7th card after that the 10 of
spades for a journey by land then there was a letter
on its way and scandals too the 3 queens and the 8
of diamonds for a rise in society yes wait it all came
out and 2 red 8s for new garments look at that and
didnt I dream something too yes there was something
about poetry in it I hope he hasnt long greasy hair
hanging into his eyes or standing up like a red Indian
what do they go about like that for only getting themselves
and their poetry laughed at I always liked poetry
when I was a girl first I thought he was a poet like
lord Byron and not an ounce of it in his composition
I thought he was quite different I wonder is he too
young hes about wait 88 I was married 88 Milly is
15 yesterday 89 what age was he then at Dillons 5
or 6 about 88 I suppose hes 20 or more Im not too old
for him if hes 23 or 24 I hope hes not that stuckup
university student sort no otherwise he wouldnt go
sitting down in the old kitchen with him taking Eppss
cocoa and talking of course he pretended to understand
it all probably he told him he was out of Trinity
college hes very young to be a professor I hope hes
not a professor like Goodwin was he was a potent professor
of John Jameson they all write about some woman in
their poetry well I suppose he wont find many like
me where softly sighs of love the light guitar where
poetry is in the air the blue sea and the moon shining
so beautifully coming back on the nightboat from Tarifa
the lighthouse at Europa point the guitar that fellow
played was so expressive will I ever go back there
again all new faces two glancing eyes a lattice hid
Ill sing that for him theyre my eyes if hes anything
of a poet two eyes as darkly bright as loves own star