“Charles? I beg y’r pardon, Miss. I was looking f’r Professor Xavier. I’m Sean Cassidy. Can I help ye?”
“I’m Theresa Rourke. Your cousin Tom asked me to give ye this. It’ll explain who I am... and why I’m here.”
“Theresa, d’ye know what this says?”
“I do... father.”
BLACK TOM CASSIDY is a rogue — he and Sean are old bitter foes — yet Banshee never doubts the truth of what he reads. He’d married young, for love, and they’d a glorious honeymoon together before duty summoned him away. When he returned, Maeve Rourke Cassidy was dead. Standing over his wife’s grave, Sean thought his heart would crack with grief. Now, facing the daughter he never knew he had... he wonders if it will break with joy.
Nearby, Professor Xavier has been telepathically eavesdropping on the scene. As he tactfully breaks contact, his smile tells the X-Men — and their guest, Spider-Woman — that the reunion is all they hoped it would be.
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #148.
