"You did? Oh, Joe, that's wonderful!" She launched herself into his arms and kissed his face all over. "Then it's good that I cooked a celebratory supper... I managed to sell most of my gowns back to the seamstress, and we have a nest egg. Now we just need to find a place to live, right? That is our last hurdle." She led him to the kitchen and then moved to get the food on the table to serve him.