Topical Guide 325
Mark Dorset
Lovers
She gave him a cuff on the ear. “Let’s get a drink,” she said, and she took his hand and ran off toward the fire, calling, “Let’s go down to the bar, everybody, and wake up old Nosy.” They came back into the circle of firelight just as Lorna and Garth did. Lorna and Garth walked into the firelight with their arms around each other, flushed, a little out of breath, laughing. When Herb saw them, they looked like lovers to him. Lorna saw Herb and May run into the light hand in hand, flushed, a little out of breath, laughing. They looked like lovers to her.
Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 11
See also: Love, the Things we Do for: TG 77; TG 90
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