51. My parents remembered her and often spoke of her, saying that her flight was as beautiful as an autumn sunset. 52. Mystics frequently speak of enlarging, of loss of body sensations, bubbling up, or becoming airborne. 53. No ad campaign, no sales to speak of, no one showed up for readings. 54. No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course. 55. No one spoke of it but it was there, like a little moat between us, widening each day. 56. No one today, though, speaks of Taylorized factories, or factories working under scientific management. 57. No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off. 58. Note that, in both cases, I am speaking of performance, not of years of school attendance. 59. Nothing around us spoke of serious damage. |