When Joseph comes home from touring, he takes Sophie out to the Note. She wears a tight yellow dress she hid under her mattress. The night is like a daydream. At the end of it, Joseph slips a ring onto her pinky finger, and tells her he has to go out of town again. She does not see him for a while, but when he comes back, he asks her to marry him. She does not answer. Her mother would never allow it. He asks her to sleep on it.
When her mother comes home from work, they go on another train ride. Sophie wishes she could tell her mother she loves someone, but only tells her Henry Napoleon is never coming back. Her mother tells her Henry is studying in Mexico.....
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