Cannons at Dawn by Kristiana Gregory

Author:Kristiana Gregory [Gregory, Kristiana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-38850-4
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Evening, still Tuesday

We are close to the fire, trying to stay warm. We do not have a clock. It feels late because it has been dark for hours. As I write these words, the younger ones are asleep and I am eavesdropping on the lady talk!

It seems that some days ago Mama and Mrs. Campbell searched for Victor. They knew he did not have a wife. They were cautious when telling him about Tilda and her daughter, Philomena. But when they saw his gentleness and that he became concerned for our friends, Mama asked for his help. The good man agreed. All was arranged.

Now the fire is low, the lady talk has become whispers. In the dim light, I can see their tired faces. All evening they have been knitting scarves for the soldiers, from strips of rags. Mama is slow because of her swollen fingers, but she keeps at it. Suddenly she smiled.

“Lulu,” she said, “now that you have met Victor, what think you?”

Miss Lulu took her time answering. She watched a log crumble into the coals then poked it with her knitting needle to rouse a flame. “Well,” she said, “what I think is this: Soon as this storm lets up, I’m gonna start taking that han’some man his coffee.”

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