’ ‘I’m interested in this mountain you climbed, Major. Please tell me about it.’ General Phillips inquired. ‘From the summit you can look ri...ht down into the fort and into their entire position. ‘Is it within artillery range of the fort?’ Phillips now leaned forward in his seat. ‘Guns at the top will reach the fort, I believe,’ replied Jeffrey. ‘But the climb is difficult even for a goat.’ Phillips looked directly at Jeffrey. ‘Where a goat can go, a man can go. You proved that, Major. And where. If I don’t do good in school, you won’t take me fishin’ no more.” She watched Jack until they walked out the door of the gym. Victoria was enjoying the holiday break. She had driven back to Hill’s Corner for Christmas Day, and hadn’t arrived back in Greenville until very late. The travel had worn her out, and she had slept late this morning. In that twilight time between sleep and awake, she thought of Jimmy’s tall uncle and the grey eyes that had so captivated her that night. I must have been. I did learn about doing those things but that happened a number of years later. There is one more thing about Brick. One day, when it was too cold to go to the woods, we were on our way from Biology class to Social Studies when Brick said to me, “You know Rube, Mrs. Jones (our Biology teacher) really likes you.” I said, “What makes you think that?” She then said, “You haven’t noticed that when she sits on the table in front of us (In the Biology class we didn’t sit at traditional desks. We sat. I came out after got ready, I didn’t see her there. I went to office. Next day I had some work outside so I took half day leave from after noon. So I started early from home. When I was coming out side I saw she is coming for work. She smiled to me, me too. I returned to my room around 3 O’clock. When I am coming there she is picking some concrete and brick parts form the house and putting that outside. That man also with her. I just smiled and go to my room. After sometimes that person went to.