ABSTRACT

The other members of the family have already gathered around the breakfast table before the younger of the two sons, aged twenty-six, appears in the doorway to the kitchen. He pauses before entering the room, delicately placing his right hand on one doorjamb and then positioning just the fingertips of his left hand on the opposite doorjamb. Having now framed himself perfectly in the center of the passageway, he makes full use of the twinkle in his dark brown eyes and the dimples in his cheeks to create a smile that is the absolute definition of impish.