“Jean.”
“Um, what?”
“Wake up.”
“Why, what"s happened?” I asked, sitting bolt upright. Feeling groggy for doing so, I fell back on one elbow.
“It is rude to sleep in the presence of those who have saved your life.”
“But, did they save my soul?”
“That"s beyond saving.”
“Well, you"re the one who"ll be spending eternity with it, so it"s a shared loss.”
“I see,” Linka mused. “You may be right. What do you propose to do about it?”
“I don"t know?” I rubbed the back of my head. “How long do I have to deliberate?”
“All eternity, I hope.”
“Then, that gives me plenty of time to think after I"ve done this.” I leaned in to her knelt form and planted a gentle kiss on her forehead. “It is nice to see the furrows have disappeared.”
There came a tinkling of cleared throats from behind where I r
