The Whiteness of Bones
“Mamie was very pleased to be asked and worked quietly at the small chores that Mary gave her—weeding under the milky plumeria trees and watering delicately by hand the trembling young liliko‘i shoots.
Mary may have suspected by then that Hiroshi had done exactly what Mamie told McCully he did, for how else could his disappearance be explained? Mary was also not so removed from her daughter that she did not know that Mamie was an intelligent and honest child. She had behaved rashly when Hiroshi was dismissed, Mary told herself, and she considered that she may not have been kind to Mamie. That she had profoundly altered Mamie’s view of the world and herself in it did not occur to her. She was less honest and less intelligent than Mamie. She did feel sorry that the whole thing had ever happened. She should have told Mamie.
Mamie watched Mary expertly divide the root stock of a ti bush. Mamie admired her mother’s ruthless pruning. Mamie was always a little afraid that she was hurting a pl...ant, but Mary hacked and snipped with a clear conscience.MoreLess
Mary may have suspected by then that Hiroshi had done exactly what Mamie told McCully he did, for how else could his disappearance be explained? Mary was also not so removed from her daughter that she did not know that Mamie was an intelligent and honest child. She had behaved rashly when Hiroshi was dismissed, Mary told herself, and she considered that she may not have been kind to Mamie. That she had profoundly altered Mamie’s view of the world and herself in it did not occur to her. She was less honest and less intelligent than Mamie. She did feel sorry that the whole thing had ever happened. She should have told Mamie.
Mamie watched Mary expertly divide the root stock of a ti bush. Mamie admired her mother’s ruthless pruning. Mamie was always a little afraid that she was hurting a pl...ant, but Mary hacked and snipped with a clear conscience.MoreLess
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