In Diamond Square: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics Book 337) by Merce Rodoreda

Author:Merce Rodoreda [Rodoreda, Merce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781405518734
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2013-03-06T23:00:00+00:00

The lady with the croaky voice walked over to the bed and ran her hand over Joe’s mother’s forehead and said, as soon as they’d realised her soul was departed elsewhere, they’d washed her hands and face and Father Eladi had had time to give her the sign of the cross. They said dressing her was very easy because she’d prepared everything well in advance and was always showing them the dress in her wardrobe, on a padded hanger so the shoulders didn’t lose their shape. And she was always telling them not to put her shoes on if she died and they dressed her, because if what they said was true about the dead coming back into this world she wanted to do so without being heard or bothering anyone. Joe said he couldn’t thank them enough and the neighbour with the gardener son said: ‘We all loved your mother, she was always full of life and ready to do a favour… Poor dear… Before we dressed her we changed her belt of amulets so she’s fit to enter the gates to heaven, if she hasn’t already done so, happy, neat and tidy.’

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