We should have been living like other people. You should . . .” She stopped, and waved her hands helplessly. “You should have boy friends,” she said finally, and then began to laugh because she sounded funny even to herself. “I have Jonas,” I said, and we both laughed and Uncle Julian woke up suddenly and laughed a thin old cackle. “You are the silliest person I ever saw,” I told Constance, and went off to look for Jonas.
