text:  You know, so many times I've sworn that after the next job I'd come home, but always there was something else that had to be done first. Oh, darling, they haven't let you alone, have they? There's so much to do, Patty. A new constitution for Virginia, bills for education, religious freedom, equal justice. It's now we must frame these laws. Delay would be fatal. But must you do all this work, Tom? Can't they ever let you rest? Oh, Patty. Oh, even now I can see your hand moving nervously as though busy with a pen.