By Kurt Vonnegut
He smiled, stared at her hard for a moment, then walked away quickly.
Catharine watched him grow smaller in the long perspective of shadows and trees, knew that if he stopped and turned now, if he called to her, she would run to him. She would have no choice.
Newt did stop.He did turn. He did call. "Catharine," he called.
She ran to him, put her arms around him, could not speak.
...The trust
that Newt and Catherine share in "Long Walk to Forever" is a deep
trust, built on the foundations of a strong childhood friendship. Newt trusts
Catherine to choose him over her recent fiancée, due to the closeness they've
shared throughout childhood. In the same sense, Catherine trusts Newt to ask
her to choose between the two. This section of the story relates well to my
second quote, "To be trusted is a
greater compliment than to be loved." ~ George MacDonald, as it
portrays that, although Catherine might not choose to be with Newt, they trust
each other enough to at least admit their love and have a moment in which
they could potentially end up together...
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