Summary

AFTER A FEW DAYS SHE MIGHT FIND HIM SITTING IN THE PORCH

Jack continues to watch the mail obsessively. Finally, one morning, the mail is delivered earlier than usual, and Glory goes to the mailbox. There is a small envelope, like a card. The writing on the front looks as if a child’s hand has printed the address. Still, Glory takes it up to Jack and does not ask questions. He seems embarrassed that she has seen the card, but he does not say anything.

Glory thinks back to a time when she was living away from home with a woman named Hope who was a piano teacher. She had a habit of smacking her hands whenever she made a mistake. Her sister, Grace, had also taken lessons and excelled in them so much so that she was offered to come and play...