He wanted all the doors to the rooms in the house closed. She wanted them open. In each season, he said it's to conserve the heating or cooling of the house; it did not matter if some rooms smelled musty. She said the house was alive and needed the circulation to breathe and refresh itself.
Whenever he left the house, she opened all the doors, then closed them quickly when his car came up the drive. In their fifty-fourth year, she finally got her way after the funeral. She and the house could live again.
Whenever he left the house, she opened all the doors, then closed them quickly when his car came up the drive. In their fifty-fourth year, she finally got her way after the funeral. She and the house could live again.
