Wax Apple
“No humidity, no rain, no hovering clouds, only a high beautiful blue sky, a warm sun and a pleasant breeze. I was alone in the house, having called Kate when I’d come home from Kendrick last Friday and told her that she and Bill should stay at least a full month out there on Long Island. Of course I’d be all right, I told her, and she finally agreed.
Yesterday the doctor gave me a smaller cast, leaving both my elbow and wrist free, so that now I could keep my arm in a sling and ever wear normal... clothing instead of being limited to pajama tops. The itching was still fierce, but that was supposed to be a good sign. At least, they said it was.
The explanations with Captain Yoncker had lasted most of last Thursday afternoon and evening, so I hadn’t been able to leave until the afternoon train on Friday. But they’d taken an affidavit from me, which would do in lieu of my presence at the inquest, and when I did leave Kendrick it was for good.
Rose had gone on denying the truth for nearly an hour after Molly’d broken down, and then she too confessed.MoreLess
Yesterday the doctor gave me a smaller cast, leaving both my elbow and wrist free, so that now I could keep my arm in a sling and ever wear normal... clothing instead of being limited to pajama tops. The itching was still fierce, but that was supposed to be a good sign. At least, they said it was.
The explanations with Captain Yoncker had lasted most of last Thursday afternoon and evening, so I hadn’t been able to leave until the afternoon train on Friday. But they’d taken an affidavit from me, which would do in lieu of my presence at the inquest, and when I did leave Kendrick it was for good.
Rose had gone on denying the truth for nearly an hour after Molly’d broken down, and then she too confessed.MoreLess
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