A Child's Voice Calling
“Two young mothers who had written letters home received visits from relatives – the parents of one and the grandparents of the other – who tearfully took the babies into their arms and their hearts. Home they all went and Mabel was jubilant at what she had set in motion.
But Mrs James was not so pleased and looked hard at Mabel. ‘It isn’t always a good thing for a girl to keep a child born out of wedlock, Miss Court,’ she said, frowning. ‘There’s been too many of them sending letters home latel...y and I think somebody may be putting them up to it. It’s not something to be encouraged and the girls may live to regret it later in life. Others have no right to interfere in these matters.’ The meaningful look in her eyes as she said this made Mabel feel awkward and she suddenly remembered that she was needed elsewhere. Nevertheless, she could not regret what she had begun – how could she?
She often thought of her own mother and tried to imagine Annie’s feelings when she’d discovered that she was carrying Jack’s child while she was still Anna-Maria Chalcott – and how the shock of her hasty marriage had killed her father and alienated her sisters.MoreLess
But Mrs James was not so pleased and looked hard at Mabel. ‘It isn’t always a good thing for a girl to keep a child born out of wedlock, Miss Court,’ she said, frowning. ‘There’s been too many of them sending letters home latel...y and I think somebody may be putting them up to it. It’s not something to be encouraged and the girls may live to regret it later in life. Others have no right to interfere in these matters.’ The meaningful look in her eyes as she said this made Mabel feel awkward and she suddenly remembered that she was needed elsewhere. Nevertheless, she could not regret what she had begun – how could she?
She often thought of her own mother and tried to imagine Annie’s feelings when she’d discovered that she was carrying Jack’s child while she was still Anna-Maria Chalcott – and how the shock of her hasty marriage had killed her father and alienated her sisters.MoreLess
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