\"We
 were 
easing 
into 
our
 forties 
with 
the unvoiced
 concept
 that
 the
 quiet,
simple
 marriage
 of 
sister
 and
 brother
 was
 the indispensable
 end
 to
 a
 line
 established 
in 
this
 house 
by 
our 
grandparents.\"