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Chapter 10
GertystifledasmotheredexclamationandgaveanervouscoughandEdyaskedwhatandshewasjustgoingtotellhertocatchitwhileitwasflyingbutshewaseverladylikeinherdeportmentsoshesimplypasseditoffwithconsummatetactbysayingthatthatwasthebenedictionbecausejustthenthebellrangoutfromthesteepleoverthequietseashorebecauseCanonO’HanlonwasuponthealtarwiththeveilthatFatherConroyputroundhisshouldersgivingthebenedictionwiththeBlessedSacramentinhishands.
Howmovingthescenethereinthegatheringtwilight,thelastglimpseofErin,thetouchingchimeofthoseeveningbellsandatthesametimeabatflewforthfromtheiviedbelfrythroughthedusk,hither,thither,withatinylostcry.AndshecouldseefarawaythelightsofthelighthousessopicturesqueshewouldhavelovedtodowithaboxofpaintsbecauseitwaseasierthantomakeamanandsoonthelamplighterwouldbegoinghisroundspastthepresbyterianchurchgroundsandalongbyshadyTritonvilleavenuewherethecoupleswalkedandlightingthelampnearherwindowwhereReggyWylieusedtoturnhisfreewheellikeshereadinthatbookTheLamplighterbyMissCummins,authorofMabelVaughanandothertales.ForGertyhadherdreamsthatno-oneknewof.ShelovedtoreadpoetryandwhenshegotakeepsakefromBerthaSuppleofthatlovelyconfessionalbumwiththecoralpinkcovertowriteherthoughtsinshelaiditinthedrawerofhertoilettablewhich,thoughitdidnoterronthesideofluxury,wasscrupulouslyneatandclean.
