A Place On Earth (Port William)

Authors: Wendell Berry

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“Hannah is helped into bed, the baby given to her to nurse and then put down in the cradle to sleep. Tiptoeing and whispering, Margaret and Nettie put things away and straighten the room.They have hardly finished and slipped out, closing the door quietly behind them, hoping Hannah will sleep too while the baby is asleep, when there comes a knocking on the kitchen door so loud it seems to rattle every loose thing in the house."Oh, Lord!" Margaret says to Nettie, "Now whds that?" She hurries off i...n the direction of the racket, hoping whoever it is has not come to visit.It is Old Jack, making a great show of wiping his feet on the doormat, though they are not muddy."Good morning, Uncle Jack," Margaret says. "How are you? Come in.""I'm all right," Old Jack says. But he stands there, leaning his hand against the wall, slowly scrubbing his left shoe against the mat, as if he has come just to wipe his feet. The trouble is that he is making a formal social call, and he does not know quite how to manage it.MoreLess Read More Read Less