![]() He pushed them in the swing until he got tired and then he took them all upstairs to the room that he shared with his brother, Blair. It was also a good vantage point, with a view of lots of doors and hallway, both upstairs and down.ĭavid got up after a while and went outside and found his little brother and sisters. There was a central feeling about it, as if it were the heart of the old house. ![]() ![]() Even then, before anything happened, he felt there was something unusual about that spot on the landing. He sat a minute longer enjoying the deep silence of the big old house, empty now except for him. Would you keep an eye on the kids while I’m gone? They were down by the swing a minute ago.”ĭavid said he would and Molly left, smiling back at him from the doorway. Molly, who at that time had been David’s stepmother for about three weeks, was an artist, and around the house she dressed like an artist, very informally. When Molly appeared at the foot of the stairs, David knew she was leaving because she had her shoes on and there was no paint on her hands and clothes. DAVID OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT HOW HE HAPPENED TO BE SITTING THERE on the stair landing, within arm’s reach of the headless cupid, at the very moment when his stepmother left Westerly House to bring Amanda home. ![]()
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