A Bitter Herb (A Novelette) Part V

"If he, no they, if they could understand," said Lee, half questioningly, then in thin air waved his hands at nobody in particular, to show how unthinkable that was. "If he could have only understood me," repeated the sixty-seven year old man. His eyes considering his daughter's convictions. "Then we'd be able to come to some agreement on issues, but as it is-" a long pause came, "I must go," he mumbled to himself, "that's the only solution. We must rid ourselves of the idea that this is possible. The fact that I desired it for so long is the origin of all our thoughts, my thoughts, troubles, anyhow... " as if she had not come already to this conclusion, and my boys just the same.



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