71/93 "You will be so much better when it is all over." Paul glanced swiftly at his mother in surprise and resentment. He did not want sympathy. She was wearing a new dress of figured muslin that had short sleeves. Those short sleeves, and Miriam's brown-skinned arms beneath them--such pitiful, resigned arms--gave him so much pain that they helped to make him cruel. She had made herself look so beautiful and fresh for him. |