Notes

21 Notes

S3 not daring to make any speculations regarding the spelling thereof.

T3. Well, if I take you you’ll have to be a good girl, you know—good and smart and respectful. I’ll expect you to earn your keep and no mistake about that.

U3 —the misery of a helpless little creature who finds itself once more caught in the trap from which it had escaped.

V3 as if speaking aloud might shatter the glorious possibility

W3 I’ve never brought up a child, especially a girl, and I daresay I’ll make a terrible mess of it. But I’ll do my best.