Summary

In "Two Short Sad Stories from a Long and Happy Life": "The Used-Boy Raisers," two husbands, Livid and Pallid, complained about the eggs Faith made them.

Livid said he had run into Faith’s "old boyfriend Clifford" (82). Livid and Pallid made lewd comments about the girl Clifford was marrying. The men told Faith she was still attractive.

Faith’s boys, Richard and Tonto, returned. The men talked about "childhood and home," and about God and "the Church of the World" (84). When they finally left, Faith said goodbye, knowing she was sending them "off in pride on paths" that were not her concern (87).

In the second story, "A Subject of Childhood," Clifford stopped over to see Faith and her boys. While the boys played, Clifford took a shower. Afterwards, he involved...