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Chapter 15

           Buttherewouldbetimeforallthings,awholeweek!Surelyshecouldmaneuvertogethimaloneandsay:"Doyourememberthoseridesweusedtotakedownoursecretbridlepaths?""DoyourememberhowthemoonlookedthatnightwhenwesatonthestepsatTaraandyouquotedthatpoem?"(GoodHeavens!Whatwasthenameofthatpoem,anyway?)"DoyourememberthatafternoonwhenIsprainedmyankleandyoucarriedmehomeinyourarmsinthetwilight?"

           Oh,thereweresomanythingsshewouldprefacewith"Doyouremember?"SomanydearmemoriesthatwouldbringbacktohimthoselovelydayswhentheyroamedtheCountylikecare-freechildren,somanythingsthatwouldcalltomindthedaysbeforeMelanieHamiltonenteredonthescene.Andwhiletheytalkedshecouldperhapsreadinhiseyessomequickeningofemotion,somehintthatbehindthebarrierofhusbandlyaffectionforMelaniehestillcared,caredaspassionatelyasonthatdayofthebarbecuewhenheburstforthwiththetruth.ItdidnotoccurtohertoplanjustwhattheywoulddoifAshleyshoulddeclarehisloveforherinunmistakablewords.Itwouldbeenoughtoknowthathedidcare....Yes,shecouldwait,couldletMelaniehaveherhappyhourofsqueezinghisarmandcrying.Hertimewouldcome.Afterall,whatdidagirllikeMelanieknowoflove?

           "Darling,youlooklikearagamuffin,"saidMelaniewhenthefirstexcitementofhomecomingwasover.

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