I put the body of my long – suffering wife in to the crevice.
I propped it upright and with little, replaced the bricks.
I went out to purchase mortar, sand tools.
Very carefully, I prepared some plaster that looked exactly like the other plaster on the other walls of the cellar.
This was very carefully put on top of my recent brickwork.
When I had finished, I felt satisfied that it was a good job.
The wall did not look at all as if it had been disturbed.
I picked up the trash from my efforts with care.
I looked around in triumph and said to myself, “here, at least , my labor has not been in vain. “