Cut And Run
“In her mind, it was unnatural. God meant for birds to fly, not people—and, besides, the motion, the unnatural motion, upset her stomach. The plane she’d taken across the Atlantic Ocean had been her first, and she’d considered the entire experience oppressive. It had been one of those monstrous things with an upstairs and innumerable comforts to make the passengers forget they were in the air when they weren’t supposed to be. Think of yourself as an eagle, the man sitting next to her had advised, seeing her look of distaste and mistaking it for fear. She’d felt more like one of the fat pigeons in the park who never looked as if they’d get very far when they tried to fly.As unpleasant as that trip had been, it was more like a stroll to her neighborhood grocery compared to the flight to which she and Catharina were now being subjected. They bumped along in the air like a bad driver on a rocky road, and there were many strange noises and creakings that Wilhelmina refused to tell herself w...ere normal.MoreLess
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