She did not answer him. She did not say *yes*. She did not say *no*. She did not say *I am staying*, and she did not say *I am going*. She stood at the door, with her hand on the door, and the white light was bright, and her mother’s voice, very far off, was saying *please, baby, please*, and the clock, in the hall, said three, and the light was a degree colder, and the man was waiting, and the woman was waiting, and the choice was hers, and the woman did not make the choice. She took her hand...