The Lone Pilgrim
“Her mother worked—she taught French in the private school to which we and Delia were sent. Delia, as the child of a teacher, was a scholarship pupil, while our parents paid through the nose to get us our education. Some of us had crushes on Delia’s mother, who wore the sort of clothes our mothers never would have worn: plaid skirts with pleats, and plain sweaters like a schoolgirl. She wore her hair in a chignon, and she was the first person we had ever seen with pierced ears. Our mothers, who ...favored short hair and pearl clip-ons, said that Frenchwomen such as Delia’s mother did not need money in order to have style. The Schwanteses, of course, had no money.
There were a number of girls with crushes on Delia herself. She was thin and undersized with features our mothers said she would grow into. We looked like ruddy, well-fed American girls, but Delia with her straight, pale hair and rather mournful eyes looked like a sprite, an elf, some creature out of a storybook published abroad.MoreLess
There were a number of girls with crushes on Delia herself. She was thin and undersized with features our mothers said she would grow into. We looked like ruddy, well-fed American girls, but Delia with her straight, pale hair and rather mournful eyes looked like a sprite, an elf, some creature out of a storybook published abroad.MoreLess
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