Or Give Me Death by Ann Rinaldi

Author:Ann Rinaldi [Rinaldi, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Chapter Fourteen

"ANNE, ARE YOU ready? Mr. Thacker is waiting."

"Let him wait."

It was two days later, and Patsy had stepped into my room as I was leaning over to buckle my shoes, after yet another ride.

"Did you wash?" she asked. "Or is Mr. Thacker to be treated to the perfume of horse?"

I straightened up. "If he is, it's a magnificent perfume. Yes, I'm ready. Where are we to do this dolorous act?"

"It isn't dolorous," Patsy explained as she guided me to the front parlor. "Mr. Thacker has ridden here on a snowy, miserable day to buy some of Pa's property along the Holston River."

"Then why doesn't Pa sign Mama's name? He's done it before."

"Ssh!" She shushed me. "That's not to be bandied about. Mr. Thacker does not know Mama is sickly. And he expects two signatures. Now go down and fetch Mama, and bring her to the parlor."

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