The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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 for bed—which was quite a rite. I tried very hard never to interfere with any attempts to discipline her, but she soon found out that she could turn to me for comfort when anything went wrong. for bed—which was quite a rite. I tried very hard never to interfere with any attempts to discipline her, but she soon found out that she could turn to me for comfort when anything went wrong.
  
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 Beverly was sitting on the floor playing and she looked up when her mother said that—as though she hadn’t understood it was that bad. Helen said that all morning as she lay on the couch Beverly would crawl over now and then and pat her. But this time she made her way over to her mother and pulled herself up beside her. First she parted her mother’s hands where crossed on her stomach; then she moved along to her head and held her little hand over her mother’s head, while she bowed her own head as though in prayer; next she took her finger and made a mark in the form of cross on her mother’s forehead. She turned to me and smiled and went back to her toys. Beverly was sitting on the floor playing and she looked up when her mother said that—as though she hadn’t understood it was that bad. Helen said that all morning as she lay on the couch Beverly would crawl over now and then and pat her. But this time she made her way over to her mother and pulled herself up beside her. First she parted her mother’s hands where crossed on her stomach; then she moved along to her head and held her little hand over her mother’s head, while she bowed her own head as though in prayer; next she took her finger and made a mark in the form of cross on her mother’s forehead. She turned to me and smiled and went back to her toys.
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