Why didn't you drop the whole christenin' and start fresh?
Why did you hang on to 'Seth' ?" The lightkeeper looked guilty.

Mrs.Bascom's smile broadened.

"I know," she went on.

"You didn't really like to drop it all.

It was too much of a thing to do on your hook, and there wasn't anybody to tell you to do it, and so you couldn't quite be spunky enough to--" He interrupted her.