The Valley of the Moon

“You hear me, Saxon? Come on along. What if it is the Bricklayers? I'll havegentlemen friends there, and so'll you. The Al Vista band'll be along, an' youknow it plays heavenly. An' you just love dancin'—-”Twenty feet away, a stout, elderly woman interrupted the girl's persuasions.The elderly woman's back was turned, and the back--loose, bulging, andmisshapen—began a convulsive heaving.“Gawd!” she cried out. “O Gawd!”