Family Happiness
“They liked to get things in order way in advance of the summer and they liked to spend an occasional cold, spring weekend in Maine.
Polly had spent her childhood summers in the Priory house, as had her father, and his father before him. It was a big, odd-shaped clapboard cottage with woods on two sides, and open to the water in front. Because no one wanted to cut down any trees in order to build, Polly and Henry rented a small cottage a little way down the lagoon from an old lady who had promis...ed to sell it to them before she died. Polly loved that her children could have a childhood like her own, and she hoped that Pete and Dee-Dee would bring their children to Priory, too. As for Henry Demarest, Maine reminded him of his childhood summers in Wisconsin, full of pines and cold water.
Henry was off on another trip and would be gone through the weekend, so for the first time in years, Polly would be all alone. At first the prospect attracted her. She thought of walks she would take, solitary meals she would have, and the pile of books next to her bed she would read; of not having to make breakfast; of sleeping late.MoreLess
Polly had spent her childhood summers in the Priory house, as had her father, and his father before him. It was a big, odd-shaped clapboard cottage with woods on two sides, and open to the water in front. Because no one wanted to cut down any trees in order to build, Polly and Henry rented a small cottage a little way down the lagoon from an old lady who had promis...ed to sell it to them before she died. Polly loved that her children could have a childhood like her own, and she hoped that Pete and Dee-Dee would bring their children to Priory, too. As for Henry Demarest, Maine reminded him of his childhood summers in Wisconsin, full of pines and cold water.
Henry was off on another trip and would be gone through the weekend, so for the first time in years, Polly would be all alone. At first the prospect attracted her. She thought of walks she would take, solitary meals she would have, and the pile of books next to her bed she would read; of not having to make breakfast; of sleeping late.MoreLess
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