There are things in this world that can't be taken lightly. We all see them differently. Someone who has fallen down the stairs may take differently to the insult of, "I am going to push you down the stairs." Most would laugh. It is a childish insult. But for Agnes Oaks, when Henry James threatens to take everything she loves, and then some, she doesn't laugh. And he doesn't expect her too. ©Copyright 2016 Keely Hardin