prisoner-of-war camp. He and Pat attended concerts
together. They sat in the park . . .
Mary had just finished changing when she heard
the car pull up. From her window she watched
them standing arm in arm on the sidewalk. Sandy's
face was lifted in the sunlight as he drew in deep
breaths of air. He was, Mary agreed, intensely good
looking: tall, square-shouldered, with clean-cut fea
tures. She hurried downstairs to greet them.
"Welcome, Sandy," Mary said warmly as she held
out her hands, one to Pat and one to the boy. She
saw the pleading look on Pat's face and smiled re
assuringly. Sandy, responsive to her greeting, fixed
steady blue eyes upon her. Slowly his hand came up
but it did not find hers. In an instant of shocked
recognition, she took the boy's hand and said softly,
"Come inside, children."
"Can we have drinks in the garden?" Pat's voice
was controlled. "Will you tell Daddy?"
"Good idea," Mary answered. "I'll ask him to bring
them out."
"It's good of you, Mrs. Corton," Sandy said. "I'm
sure glad to be here."
"We're glad to have you, Sandy. Now go along
with Pat."
Mrs. Corton went into the living room, closed the
door, and murmured, "George, oh George."
"What's wrong?" Disturbed by her stricken ex
pression, he came over and took her in his arms.
"Sandy's a beautiful guy all right," .she faltered.
"But . . . he's blind."
George caught his breath. "Poor little Pat."
"What are we going to do? We can't let her sacri
fice her whole life."
"Take it easy, darling. Maybe it's just temporary.
We've got to approach this with great tact, Mary
and great tenderness. We can't kick a boy in his
condition."
"No, we can't do that. But it's no life for Pat."
"No life at all." he agreed. "Where are they?"
"In the garden. I said you'd bring out some drinks."
He braced himself. "Let's go. We'll work it out."
Lunch, despite their apprehensions, was a success.
Pat sat beside Sandy and, as though it were the most
natural thing in the world, cut up his food and eased
his embarrassment. The relationship between the two
was one of complete understanding and confidence.
Sandy soon lost his early nervousness and dis
played a sparkling, optimistic personality. He had a
crisp sense of humor that rejected the idea his in
firmity was a handicap. He was keenly interested in
the vocational training he was taking and had been
promised a job which, with his small private means,
would insure him a reasonable income.
4 fter lunch, when they were all sitting in the
J garden Pat and Sandy hand in hand Sandy said,
"Being the way I am makes me appreciate things a
whole lot more. You develop an insight that's pretty
accurate, and you learn things that normally you'd
miss." Then he became grave. "Mr. Corton," he said,
"this is kind of serious for you and Pat's mother, isn't
it? Please tell me, how do you feel about it?"
"It is serious," George answered hesitantly.
"I want to be honest with you," Sandy continued.
"I won't recover my sight. Pat knows that."
Pat said, "He's got my eyes."
"That's not much consolation to your parents,
honey," the boy said.
"You're quite sure about each other, I mean?"
Mary asked. "The future ..." She broke oft.
Sandy leaned forward. "I've had no doubts from
the moment I first met her. You know something;
Pat's beautiful. You won't find a more beautiful girl
anywhere in this world."
Glancing at her daughter, Mary saw tears brim
ming in her eyes.
"She fusses about a silly mole under her eye,"
Sandy went on with a smile. "But don't see one.
What I do see is a beauty that just grows, that's got
nothing to do with looks. It can't ever be marred or
taken away. A man who's given that would cherish
it all his life." He paused. "I admit this all sounds
pretty selfish. I guess you're both wondering what
I've got to oiler Pat."
Mr. Corton hesitated before speaking. "It's more
important to us that she should be satisfied on that
score. What do you think, Pat?"
"If you love someone," she said, "you want to
share everything. You and Mummy know that.
You've always been that way." She tightened her
grip on Sandy's hand. "I didn't tell you about Sandy
because I couldn't risk losing him. He'd have pulled
out if you ..."
"We understand, darling," Mary intervened.
"I still will if you think that's best," Sandy offered.
Pat turned swiftly and laid her other hand on his
arm. "I wanted you to see for yourselves. I knew
that if this were right, there'd be a right time for you
to meet, and then you'd understand."
The silence that followed was momentary. To Pat
it seemed like forever. Mary turned her head and
sought her husband's eyes. George reached out his
hand for hers.
Clearing his throat he said, "Take care of her, son."
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