he looked at Ebby in a way that made Soh’s heart swell with hope. Still, Soh harbored a secret doubt. She worried that Henry might not have the backbone needed to go through life with her daughter. Henry had always been propped up by the social and financial scaffolding of the Pepper family and he had never faced a personal trauma like Ebby’s. Soh worried that Henry might be fine only until truly put to the test. And marriage, if nothing else, had a way of putting a person to the test.
