"Thank you ever so much, Father," she said, taking it with both hands, 
and he could not help himself from sweeping her up in both arms and giving her 
a great hug and a kiss. "Good-bye, my best beloved, you will see me in your 
dreams," he whispered into her tiny, flawless ear, and then he set her free, 
spun around, and walked away before she could see the tears that had begun to 
run down his face.