.. She was laughing, and I was too, and we did not know how loud we were.
My husband came to the doorway. “Why are you laughing?”
Paphos said, “Why not?” She was taller than the other girls, and long-limbed. She wasn’t afraid of him.
I said, “Darling, I’m so sorry we disturbed you.”
“She does not say she is sorry.”
“She is still a baby,” I said.
“I’m not a baby,” Paphos said.
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