Loving Daughters (2014)
“He sped past a surprised Violet dispiritedly shaking a mat on her front verandah.
He never said he was going anywhere, like Candelo or Bega, said her expression, fastened to his black back. He might have asked did I need anything! After all the kindnesses I’ve shown him! I’ll be putting a stopper on the tea and cakes from now on.
She flung the mat into the front room when passing the door, not fussy where it landed, and tramped angrily to the kitchen. Ned was there, scraping his feet on... the floor from his seat on the couch, and through Small Henry’s closed door came the noise of his yelling.
‘I’ll make changes in this place before long, see if I don’t!’ She filled the big kettle for Small Henry’s bath, needing to step around a stick with one end forming a natural handle, which Ned had found in the bush and now appeared to use all the time.
I thought it was his eye, Violet said to herself.MoreLess
He never said he was going anywhere, like Candelo or Bega, said her expression, fastened to his black back. He might have asked did I need anything! After all the kindnesses I’ve shown him! I’ll be putting a stopper on the tea and cakes from now on.
She flung the mat into the front room when passing the door, not fussy where it landed, and tramped angrily to the kitchen. Ned was there, scraping his feet on... the floor from his seat on the couch, and through Small Henry’s closed door came the noise of his yelling.
‘I’ll make changes in this place before long, see if I don’t!’ She filled the big kettle for Small Henry’s bath, needing to step around a stick with one end forming a natural handle, which Ned had found in the bush and now appeared to use all the time.
I thought it was his eye, Violet said to herself.MoreLess
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