216 wivesbehavingbadly

. a couple of more letters were so adulatory that they were in danger of suggesting that nathan was one of the great busineemen of our time . another , from an old school friend , was more modest . " he was a sweet boy ...'
'dear minty , ' said sue frost . ' this letter could not be  more difficult to write . we do not know each other , and that was of my choosing . but i thought about it and i thought you would want to know that we loved nathan dearly ..."
to read these letters was to shuffle a pack of cards . nathan the businessman . nathan the friend . nathan the father .
each one must be kept . i would buy  a scrapbook and paste them in , and one day i would it give to the boys . perhap we would read them together . " this letter was from daddy's boss ...
this one is rom the lady daddy worked with ."
to my surprise , jilly had also written  ." dear minty . nathan 's funeral went off very well . and i know that sam was comforted by it  . sam was going to write  but he is so busy getting ready to go to the states  , fried is flourshing , and i hpoe the boys are not bad  . maybe we should hook up for christmas ...?"
i must have moved awardly , for my elbow caught the pile and caused the letters to rain onto the floor . i bent over and picked up the one written in black ink on expensive white paper .
" dear minty ...' the sharp strokes of her t's and i's cut into the paper , and the rounded d's and n's seemed to cradle the words , " i am wriotting this after the funeral because i am at a loss . i know you will be too . you will be indescribaly busy and tired at the moment , and perhaps the shock hasn't really registerd , please take care of yourself . it is imp[ortant . i also want to ssay that sometimes you can be very angry with a person who dies .