A Restless Wind by Brandt Siara

Author:Brandt, Siara [Brandt, Siara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-10-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Since her arrival at the McLaren house two days ago, Hetty had found her time, like the other women, completely occupied with getting the place in order. The house had been in desperate need of a thorough cleaning. It had been full of clutter, dust and cobwebs and the four women had wasted no time getting started.

Curtains were taken down and washed. The wooden floors were scrubbed down several times with lye soap. Rugs had been hung out and beaten. And the cobwebs that had festooned every corner and every piece of furniture were swept away. Several good cleanings had removed years of dirt and dust from the windows. They were now open and early sunlight streamed in.

It was a beautiful misty Spring morning. The birds were singing very sweetly in the trees and the sun was rising into a clear blue sky that was the color of a robin’s egg.

Hetty opened the kitchen door and stood at the edge of the weathered gray porch. A basket of laundry was balanced on her hip. She stepped down onto the stone slab that led into the backyard. Around the stone slab, hollyhocks, irises and tiger lilies were pushing up above the weeds.

In the yard, she paused near a rusty iron gate that was half buried under a tangle of honeysuckle vine. There was a massive oak tree just beyond the yard and Hetty wondered if Jesse had climbed it as a child. It looked like a tree a boy would climb. Hetty, herself, would probably have climbed it.

There ought to be a swing on that tree, she thought as she set the basket at her feet and stood looking up at the far-reaching branches. She would keep that in mind. Will and Emma would enjoy a swing.

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