The Maid's Quarters
““Have Mr. Vickers attend me as soon as possible.”
Of all the turmoil, deceit, and ugliness that day and the day before had brought, none struck him more than when Mrs. Porterman was digging through her box, hanging on to the torn slips of paper as if her very life depended on them. Watching them filter through her shaking fingers to the frozen dirty snow and her attempts at catching them. It made Albert sick. One of the things his grandfather had repeated over and over to him and his brother wa...s to give each person respect and dignity, even if that person didn’t give it to themselves. Mrs. Porterman’s desperate determination to make clear that her family was not in arrears was difficult to watch, and he could tell it was embarrassing to her daughter.
But more than all of that, he could barely think of anything other than the moment that Alice Porterman looked up at him with a smile. It drew the air from his lungs, and he forgot to breathe momentarily. Nor were there words to describe the multitude of emotions that whirled through his head when she accepted his invitation.MoreLess
Of all the turmoil, deceit, and ugliness that day and the day before had brought, none struck him more than when Mrs. Porterman was digging through her box, hanging on to the torn slips of paper as if her very life depended on them. Watching them filter through her shaking fingers to the frozen dirty snow and her attempts at catching them. It made Albert sick. One of the things his grandfather had repeated over and over to him and his brother wa...s to give each person respect and dignity, even if that person didn’t give it to themselves. Mrs. Porterman’s desperate determination to make clear that her family was not in arrears was difficult to watch, and he could tell it was embarrassing to her daughter.
But more than all of that, he could barely think of anything other than the moment that Alice Porterman looked up at him with a smile. It drew the air from his lungs, and he forgot to breathe momentarily. Nor were there words to describe the multitude of emotions that whirled through his head when she accepted his invitation.MoreLess
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