But since she's been here the girls are much cleaner, and we don't mind so much not having the things to eat that we like. That is, not quite so much. But almost. When you're downright hungry for the taste of things, it don't satisfy to say to yourself "You don't really need it. Be quiet." And being made of flesh and blood, most of us would rather eat the things we want to than the things we ought to.
But the dining-room is much nicer. We have flowers on the table, and the cooking is better, though we still have prunes.
I loathe prunes.
V
"HERE COMES THE BRIDE!"
knew when Miss Katherine left I'd be nothing but Martha. That's what I've been—Martha.
She hadn't been gone two days when Mary gave up, and as prompt as possible Martha invented trouble.
It was this way. In the summer we have much more time than in the winter, and the children kept coming to me asking me to make up something, and all of a sudden a play came in my mind. I just love acting. The play was to be the marriage of Dr. Rudd and Miss Bray.