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Julia made no comment

It was Chiquita who took it up

"My husband talks enough In fact, he talks all the time But if I tire

of his voice, I let rown so big Sometimes " - discontent dulled for an instant the

slow fire of her slu

sleep If it weren't for junior, I'd feel as if I weren't quite alive"

"Ralph talks a great deal," Peachy said listlessly, "by fits and starts,

and he takes me out when he co hi to helpBut it isn't that I want particularly Often I want to go out

alone I want to soar The earth has never satisfied hts I want to explore them alone, and I want to explore

them when the mood seizes me And I want to feel when I come back that I

can talk about it or keep silent as he does But I must make my

discoveries and explorations intalks about astrono about the

stars will quiet ht up would mean more to me

than all that talk Ralph does not understand it in me, and I cannot

explain it to hioing off by hih unexplored trails on the island But