Town of Masks
“She saw him from the window changing the sprinklers in the garden. Cherishing the job, she thought, and well he might. He was not likely to find another these days in Campbell’s Cove. She wondered if, jobless, he would take flight. Not soon enough. There were those on Front Street who would give him shelter in spite of Annie. In fact, there were some who would do it to spite her. That was their nature, perverse and quarrelsome, with no restraint on their emotions, and no power of reason to guid...e them. She had tried to understand them, and she would still try—and make a show of succeeding at it—for Maria’s sake.
She finished her tomato juice, and Sophie brought the lamb chops. Never had the child prepared them so well—broiled just to where the pink had faded, the fat crisp. She sighed thinking of training another girl when Sophie left her, and that day would come soon. Sophie had no doubt forgotten Dennis already and found herself another young man. She had reached that age, that season.MoreLess
She finished her tomato juice, and Sophie brought the lamb chops. Never had the child prepared them so well—broiled just to where the pink had faded, the fat crisp. She sighed thinking of training another girl when Sophie left her, and that day would come soon. Sophie had no doubt forgotten Dennis already and found herself another young man. She had reached that age, that season.MoreLess
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