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There are more women like that than one would think At Walter Reed I knew several nursesand then at Vassar, a professor or two Even in Brattleboro, the s Mrs Case and Mrs Honeycutt were a known couple for twenty years, but no one ever talked about it

"I can’t wait to try it on Noill have to go to the ball for sure"

"You weren’t thinking of getting out of it?" That’s Daniel "And breaking the poor captain’s heart?"

I shrug sheepishly (It had crossedthe subject "One ift Out in the kitchen" We all rise, except Patience Danny is hopping around and leads Isaac into the pantry where two rough white feed sacks cover so bulky on the floor

"Go on, Blum," Daniel commands "Unwrap it"

The doctor leans down and pulls off the cloth Underneath is a strangewith an electric cord

"It’s a lathe for orking," Daniel announces, all smiles "You can make bowls and plates and spindles and canisters with it, and these are the chisels" He holds up a flat box of six sharp-looking instruton where people have ot the lathe for setting a broken leg on a Morgan filly"

"Do you really think he can handle such erous A pocketknife is one thing, but this is hs seventy pounds," says Daniels "Had a hell of a tiht Anyway, if he can drive, I think he can e this"

"But he can’t drive Not since"

Daniel clears his throat

"He can’t drive, can he?"

"Just the tractor so farI didn’t mention it?"

December 26, 1934

Daniel spilled the beans and now Becky knows I can drive What else does she know? Does she know about ht with Priscilla the day she died?

It was at breakfast when Pris handed n it," she said " I want nothing else"