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when he lost her, he just quit. Always used to talk about
going to sea. Wanted to be a violinist, too. Never did
either. People mostly don't. Don't have as much
stomach as appetite, I mean. But he had her, and that's
more than a lot get. Loving her was his success."
"Could you tell, what was he like when he was
young?"
"He was shiny and couldn't stand still. Used to
dance when he walked, danced up those steps with the
logs. Pauline was the world to him, much less China.
And when you finally made an appearance—and my
opinion is you wouldn't come down until you were good
and ready—Pauline was happy as a skylark. They both
were.
Bragged 'til even Otto got bored with what a marvel
you were, how you could read at six weeks and fly
around the room at ten."
How wonderful this was. To see the love story of
her parents as if in a movie. To hear her own life from
one who had seen her before she herself knew who she
was. A pleasure better than the best book.
Polly felt her mouth stretching into a grin. It was