It felt strangeto dressed so. I also liked the way it felt. I noticed right off whenI sat down to play with my trains that unlike the pants I wore m... legsfelt free, not in a bind like pants did. I could move more freely in adress. I wondered if this was why girls like to play in their dresses.I was up in my room for almost an hour when I heard mom calling to comedown for dinner. I came running down the steps in such a rush I didn'tsee Mrs Johnson in the kitchen with mom. I also failed to. It was as if the Bible had been selected as a particular target for the shooting, once the family was dead.They had found a spade in the wagon, so Andy dug a common grave for the 4 bodies, and they were buried with a minimum of ceremony. Fortunately, the mules were not injured, so Andy led the wagon back to the herd while Elizabeth took care of the baby. Andy reported to Josh, and two of the women took over the baby and the wagon while Andy and Elizabeth returned to their scouting duties. The. .." Don't tell me," I said, bending to kiss her. "I pity the poor man already." You're mean," she said, wiggling forward to kiss me back and tongue my lips."Well, he can't, or won't, or doesn't, or is unwilling to, or something. Perhaps he's forgotten how. It's making me crazy." Have you lain with him, had intercourse I mean, you know?"She nodded. "Three times this year. I write them in my journal; he did deflower me but that put such a strain on him I didn't see him for a month afterward. I. " The line went dead."Cully, Miss hasn't surfaced in what, three months?" My voice was shaky. "Maybe more." It'd been awhile.I stared into that glass wedding photo frame again...her past words coming to the fore: "Cully, you don't ask. Miss will be here when she so desires and not one moment sooner. If you ask, it only delays her arrival." Understood, Girl. I'm so sorry." I'm confident you are." Girl"All this agony, son, it's all been worth it. Glory B, Dale, glory B in the highest! Miss will.