Pages 140 - 154 Summary

Douglas joins Bill Forrester for an ice cream at the drugstore. When Bill orders an old-fashioned lime-vanilla ice, it catches the attention of 95-year-old Helen Loomis. She invites Bill and Douglas to sit with her. Bill tells her he was once in love with her. Helen invites him over for tea the next day to continue the conversation. Over the course of weeks, they have tea in her garden every afternoon. Helen shares stories from her worldly travels so that Bill can experience all the places he dreams of going to one day. They develop an intense kinship. When questioned, Bill finally tells Helen of the time he fell in love with her. He found a photo of when she was twenty in a paper and used to carry it around in his pocket, at first thinking she was still a...