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the floor stick, broadened Jonathan's polite smile into a
grin.
"Good," said Ramona. "Laughter. Remember I told
you, it's restorative. Like port." They roared away.
Jonathan could feel the grin opening his face until he
laughed aloud. He would right now walk around
Elizabeth Circle and visit Mrs. Troyes, who had invited
him over earlier to look at her vandalized patio, and
who had also extended an invitation to treat him to
supper. Perhaps he might have sounded brusque with
her on the phone. He'd try to be helpful. Had he been
helpful to…Walter? But Walter didn't need help, not
really.
The curate was caught between two desires: that he
should be able to give this man something, and that this
man should never be so unhappy that he needed to ask
him for anything.
chapter 37
Unlike Tracy Canopy's trips to Vincent's tomb,
Ramona Dingley's visits to the town cemetery were
custodial rather than communicative, and they were