“Mama missed nothing when she was with you. If you had asked her to live on the moon, she would have made the best of it and I suspect would have made it quite comfortable.”
“That is true,” the Professor agreed. “Although we suffered a great deal of discomfort one way or another, we always managed to laugh at life because we just liked being together.”
“I was there too,” Chandra reminded him in a small voice.
“I know, my dearest, and we thought you were the most entrancing child any two people could have, even though we were disappointed at only having one. But I doubt if we could have afforded any more.”
“You certainly could not have taken more than one over deserts, across India and all those other strange places we visited.”
The Professor gave a sigh.
“I am always glad that your m
