Martine Leavitt

You have no dower," he said. "Live, Keturah. Go home. " "But I do have a dower," I said plainly. "This is my dower, Lord Death; the crown of flowers I will never wear at my wedding. " He knelt on one knee before me. "The little house I would have had of my own, to furnish and clean. That, too, is part of my dower. " "I will give you the world for your footstool," he said. "And most precious of all, I give you the wee baby I will never hold in my arms.