"Can you tell me about the time when Daddy and Aunt Faith rode the pigs through town?" Hope asked one September evening as Una was putting her to bed.

"Maybe tomorrow night, I shall Dearest. Now you must visit dreamland so you will be fresh for school tomorrow."

"Okay," the little girl agreed as Una tucked her into her covers. "Goodnight, Una."

"Goodnight, Hope. Have pleasant dreams," Una told her as she kissed her goodnight.

Una started to walk out of the room, when Hope called her back. "Una?"

"Yes Hope?"

"I was wondering, now that you're married to Daddy and we live here at Hope's Cove, if you would mind if I called you Mummy, like Gilly and Grace call Aunt Rilla?"

"I would like that very much, Hope. Is that what you want to do?"

"Oh yes, so very much. You see, you are my mother now, and Tenny and I have talked about it. Mama will always be Mama, but we both agree that it would be all right to call you Mummy too."

Una kissed the red forehead one more time. "You tell Tenny that I am very honored to be your Mummy."

Hope grinned. "Okay. Goodnight, Mummy. I love you."

"I love you too, Hope."

Walter and Una crossed paths in the hallway. He had been putting Tenny to bed in his room as Una did the same with Hope. Now, they were going to trade rooms to tell their goodnights. Una walked into the little boy's room, and found him waiting, his gray-green eyes aglow in the lamplight.

"Did Hope talk to you?" he asked.

"Yes she did. I am very honored you want to call me Mummy."

"Good. We both love you so much that it seems right to call you Mummy."

Una kissed the raven-haired head, turned off his lamp, and said. "I agree. Now, you must get to sleep."

Tenny reached his head up to where he could kiss Una goodnight then said, "Alright. Goodnight, Mummy."

"Goodnight, Tenny."

"I love you, Mummy."

"I love you too, Son."

She met Walter again in the hallway, and he greeted her with a kiss. Then he led her downstairs and out onto the back patio. There he picked up a record and started the victrola. The record was a copy he had Bruce make of the first song they had danced to as husband and wife.

"Oh Walter, I can't believe you got this!" she exclaimed as he held her in his arms.

"I want to be able to put this record on, and always remember the night that you became my wife."

Una demurely smiled. She too wanted always to remember the magical night. "The twins have asked something of me,"

"I heard they were planning to do so. Do you mind?"

"You know I don't. You know I love them like my own."

Walter smiled, and held out his arms to her. "That I do. Now, would you please do me the honor of sharing this dance?"

She only fell into his arms, and the two began to slowly dance to the music with only the moon and stars as their witness. Walter bent down to kiss the alluring lips of his wife. Then, as he held her in his arms, and they continued to dance the night away together, he glanced up to the heavens. He whispered softly, in hushed voice, "God's in his heaven, all's right with the world."


Well, how do you like it? Did I end things correctly? I hope so. Please feel free to read and review. Work on Comfort and Joy as well as Nan of the Island shall resume soon. I also have set this up so that many sequels can be made. A general thank you to everyone for their support for this fic. I shall add a chapter of thank you's very soon. I do suggest everyone visit the website listed as my homepage here because we have created a little discussion corner all our own. Who know? We may even be singing praises of something you have written.