And Janewould have liked to polish the silver and
cook.
The child under the cherry-tree stopped sobbing and
got on herfeet. And then grandmothers old white face had flushed.
Jane seldom dared tohelp herself to white meat
because she knew grandmother waswatching her. Ellen stands at the gate, looking
along the road which is still nomore than a bush trail.
It always rattled Jane so that she generally made a
muddle offinding the right place.
She knew her monthly reportshad not been very good
Jane had her own particular reasons forliking to
look at the moon . It was surrounded by a high iron fence with wrought-iron gates
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the effect grandmother had onyou, though she was so tiny and wrinkled . Birds
flutter up as they touch the bushes.
Again, between them, the tension grows
less.
She knew why mother seldom kissedher or petted her
in grandmothers presence.
Do you thinkwe can live down what lies in
between?
The girl shook her head and the tears welled up in
her big eyes.
But the nextevening it might be, Not quite so loud,
Victoria, if you please.
But Jane knew itwas useless to wish for that.
People could never understandhow he came to marry Mrs James Anderson
She had lived there for forty-five years and she
would livethere the rest of her life.
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Victoria could get her gradeeasily enough if she
wanted to.
She knew her monthly reportshad not been very good
Between them there stands the past; not as a
barrier now; as abond.
Loved her as she loved nobodyelse in the world. But
do you think your opinion counts for a great deal?
Jane always loved to get a glimpse of her beforeshe
went out.
Dont you think you could have a bit of a garden?
She had never loved him,but he had compelled her to respect him. Jane always loved
to get a glimpse of her beforeshe went out.
The man speaks, slowly, softly, his head bent
low.
But at that, Jane thought,it was the only gay place
on the street.
They did notlike it and made Jane feel that she
fitted in nowhere. What has happenedbetween them is a beginning; it is not the end
At present Jane reflected that she was lucky to get
a drumstick. Mother wentout almost every evening to something or other and almost
everyafternoon too.
Of course, I must admit she is very different from
that Jody ofyours, said grandmother.
I come out here and made that bed and stuck the
roses allover it.