text:  And he was a young man who knew how to fingerspell, so they could communicate directly, right? There were not a lot of, what, dating-eligible men who knew how to fingerspell. So he is one of the few people who doesn't have to go through Anne Sullivan. That just fills me with so much glee that she had that. The sweetness of being loved enchanted me, and I yielded to an imperious longing.