But he must have been a blind man not to have seen in that first moment that Priss was no longer child, but woman.
And Priss, listening, winced at the thing that was like apology in his tone.
Joel was below, in the cabin with Priss, when his brother boarded the ship.
In those hours beside Mark, Priss completed the transition from girl to woman.
“My dear Priss,” he said, in the elder-brother manner he affected toward her.
