shoes and
people’s
feet were
as bare as
yard
dogs’. She
picked up
her quill
to resume
her
writing
but laid
it down
when she
heard Will
coming in
at the
back door.
She heard
the thump-
thump of
his wooden
leg in the
hall
outside
the office
and then
he
stopped.
She waited
for a
moment for
him to
enter and
when he
made no
move she
called to
him. He
came in,
his ears
red from
the cold,
his
pinkish
hair awry,
and stood
looking
down at
her, a
