She took it and looked at it in awe. "It's... it's your name."
"I knew it would happen. I always said it would happen someday."
"I tried everything I could. You were too young to remember, but I tried."
"I told them all that you'd go to college and become a professional man and make your mark in the world. They laughed, but I told them."
She smiled at me through tears, and then a moment later she wasn't looking at me any more.
She picked up her rag and began to wash the woodwork around the kitchen door, humming—more happily, I thought— as if in a dream.
The dog started barking again. The front door opened and closed and a voice called:
"Okay, Nappie. Okay, it's me." The dog was jumping excitedly against the bedroom door.
I was furious at being trapped here. I didn't want to see Norma.
We had nothing to say to each other, and I didn't want my visit spoiled.
There was no back door. The only way would be to climb out the window into the back yard and go over the fence.
But someone might mistake me for a burglar. As I heard her key in the door,
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