Chapter 10: Daughter of Eve
Lol and we start this chapter with The Story Girl wishing people could see her beautiful feet as an adult. Okay then.
and the bare feet below her print skirt WERE beautiful. They were slender and shapely and satin smooth with arched insteps, the daintiest of toes, and nails like pink shells.
Uh huh....
Felicity and Cecily were curled up in a corner, and we boys sprawled idly on the fragrant, sun-warm heaps. We had “stowed” the hay in the loft that morning for Uncle Roger, so we felt that we had earned the right to loll on our sweet-smelling couch. Haylofts are delicious places, with just enough of shadow and soft, uncertain noises to give an agreeable tang of mystery.
Ugh, this passage sounds so delicious. The sun, the scents, the idea of lazing in it with friends. Perfect.
And later, it is interesting how Felicity, who we know knows how beautiful she is is the one to tell The Story Girl not to be vain about her beauty.
where his behaviour was as irreproachable as if he had been “raised” in the caste of Vere de Vere.
A reference to Lady Clara Vere De Vere by Tennyson. She references this in The Blue Castle and one of the Anne books too. Any others? Jean Webster references this in her 1906 book "When Patty Went to College" as well. It must've been popular.
The lachrymose Sara presently joined us
I haven't heard the word lachrymose in ages!
Okay. I really really despise Sara Ray's mother. On the one hand if there really is a risk of measles it is prudent but thats not whats up. She constantly does things to control the poor girl. It's awful. She's abusive.
“I wish I COULD get the measles,” said Sara defiantly. “Maybe I’d be of some importance to ma then.”
😭 I feel so so bad for her.
“Then,” said the Story Girl, “why don’t you just go to the show anyhow? Your mother won’t ever know, if you coax Judy to hold her tongue.” “Oh, but that’s wrong,” said Felicity. “You shouldn’t put Sara up to disobeying her mother.” Now, Felicity for once was undoubtedly right. The Story Girl’s suggestion WAS wrong; and if it had been Cecily who protested, the Story Girl would probably have listened to her, and proceeded no further in the matter. But Felicity was one of those unfortunate people whose protests against wrong-doing serve only to drive the wrong-doer further on her sinful way.
Honestly? I'm not entirely sure it *is* wrong to disobey her mother like that. I didn't have a mother like hers, but there are some things I regret not rebelling against even now. Go see that lantern show!
And now I'm out here like Maud please don't punish her with measles as a moral lesson. Crossing my fingers! 🤞🤞
And of course we get a story with a message against rebellion. If Sara Ray gets the measles in the next chapter I will revolt!! Stage my own rebellion!
I really liked this chapter though I wish she'd described the actual lantern show. It's interesting to see Sara Ray take little rebellious steps like that.
