like something i never want to remember . i followed her out onto the porch . such a pity they were all destroyed . and they fell into the vast belly of the horse ; like jelly beans poured into a deep ditch . i thought it was too soon to tell you the truth . wade pretends not to hear when franklin tells us . i absorbed the calm as the sun cut through the morning gloom . said hello and shook my hand . they had been engaged now for twenty years , so they were celebrating the twentieth year by marriage . 