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Show Moon - 74 she was relieved that her parents told her she was too young to look inside. When her mother finished gazing down into the casket, she came over to Joy and said, "It doesn't look anything like him. Let's remember him alive. I hate this. I'm going to be cremated." Almost no one came to the service, and Joy had the feeling that the minister hadn't known grandfather very well, because he didn't say anything about him. Afterwards, her father didn't talk at all. Joy thought how terrible it would be to die and not have anyone talk about you afterwards. Even if all you'd done was sit and listen to the radio, it ought to be put into words THE CURSE Anne did not want to be on this ship bound for Germany. The thought of living in Germany worried her after all the stories about the war. And she missed the fireplace. She wanted them still huddling together to keep warm in that impossible uninsulated cottage. She missed the wearisome pump in the kitchen. She missed even the numb hands, because her need to be close to the fire to warm them was an excuse for a great happiness. During that long interlude away from parties, James had drunk only two cocktails before dinner, and had spent the rest of the evening beside her and the children. Even with Joy running off all day with her horses and butterflies, the family became almost close at night, when the intense cold had come inside, driven them out of their |