The Vespertine
“Stewart a lie. Though I trembled with an anxious rush, I looked right in my cousin's eye and said, "I'm only worried that if I wait until later, it will rain." Mrs. Stewart glanced at the dark clouds, then turned to me. "I don't know about this." "But it's just a block or two, isn't it?" I clutched the whole family's mail, holding it against my chest. "I've been remiss; I haven't mailed a single letter home yet." "Will You be telling them you got sent home from school the first day?" Heat stung... my face, and I quailed. Truth was, I'd written half a page about nothing in particular, except that I had arrived and the Stewarts were very fine people, indeed. Trying to guess at what answer she expected of me, I finally said, "I wouldn't want to worry them." Cruel as cruel, she let me hang there a long moment in silence. Then she squinted at the weather again and relented. "Straight to the corner, a right, and then the next left. If You should get lost, ask a lady to direct you." "Yes, ma'am," I said, half out the door.MoreLess
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