“It does sound silly, looking back on it, but I wasn’t taking any chances. Stand up, will you?”

She got to her feet and he took her in his arms and kissed her. “I never thought any of this would happen,” he said. “I thought my life was over. And it was, and I got a whole new one in its place.”

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“And you have medium brown hair.”

“Mouse brown.”

“And you wear glasses.”

“Bifocals, and I have to tell you, I can see the improvement when I work on my stamps.”

“Well,” she said, “that’s important.”

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