Chapter 59

Mary Lee did not always meet such responses. A leopard does not quickly change his spots. Rickey was harsh with her at times, and irritable. Now and then he sent her away in the midst of a scene: “I’m tired,” he would tell her, white-faced, and she would know he was thinking of Marty. He was thinking of Marty one day when he sat in Michael’s library. It was the first time he had left his bedroom and he was glad of the change. He was alone for the moment, for Virginia, seeing him safely settled, had gone off on one …