He's a man, she thought, and the very word gave her s frisson, a lurch inside.

“They were completely happy. They couldn't stop smiling at each other, beaming l…”

“They did not talk about the larger present, so circumscribed, so uncontrollable…”

“Length of service: one year or duration of war. Duration of war, of course. He …”

“... what he could or couldn’t say to them. Everything he had to say: I love you…”