Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland

Author:Lindsay Eland [Eland, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781606844830
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2012-12-10T13:00:00+00:00

chapter fourteen

In Which My Day

Continues to Get Better

Moment by Moment

Upon the morn, I felt refreshed and rested, all at once very alive and brimming over with adoration of love’s simple and romantic ways. Light as a feather, I skipped down the stairwell and met Mama with a kiss on her rose-petal cheek.

“Thanks, Polly. Now here are today’s deliveries,” she said, setting the brown bag on the countertop.

“But of course, Mama.”

I held the letter for Clementine in my hand and placed it by the front door. Surely she would find it this very day and I would make sure to comfort her when next I saw her.

And though to think of my sister weeping saddened my heart, I was hopeful and delighted at the prospect of her meeting her one true love, Edward. And I was sure that by the evening, the sisterly bond between us would be mended.

Papa came into the kitchen at that moment, bearing in his hands another magnificent batch of chocolate chip muffins. He spun Mama around the kitchen and then kissed me on the cheek. At the prospect of what was to happen this day, all the love that would be kindled, I was at once overcome with joy. I grasped both Papa’s and Mama’s hands in my own.

“Dear Papa, you are angelically good, and my lovely Mama, you are divinely beautiful. I thank the stars and sun and moon, the waves that crash upon the shore, the geese that fly through the heavens, the—”

“All right, Polly. What’s this about?” My monologue was abruptly interrupted by Mama. “I’ve already said no to buying you a horse and carriage. It’s simply not going to happen.”

“No, I am not inquiring about the carriage, though maybe we can discuss that at another date. I was merely thanking life in its various forms for the love that is working even now. But, of course, you do not know all that has happened. And when you do, I want not a word of praise. For it is my duty and my burden, which I bear proudly for those I love.”

At that, Papa departed the kitchen with a smile. Mama squeezed my hands and sighed. “I’m not sure exactly what you just said, but … all right?”

I kissed her dimpled cheek and watched her fill the coffeepot with fresh grounds.

These pleasant thoughts brought me back once more to the unfortunate letter of admiration from the previous afternoon.

I wondered if my own admirer realized his efforts were in vain, or if he would continue his pursuit.

Only time would tell.

I lingered over the brown bag Mama had handed me, my cheeks blushing at the thought of being wooed, even if it was by an unwanted admirer.

I held the paper bag and twirled around, allowing my dress to swirl out around me like a delicate cloud.

“Polly? What in the world are you doing?” Mama stood in the doorway.

“Just basking in another day filled with joy, and laughter, and love.”

“Well, please bask your way to these deliveries before I make you pay for them yourself.

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