afford one till Father came back from the war because if cost
seventeen and six. That showed how foolish she was. The Geneys
up the road had a baby, and everyone knew they couldnt afford
seventeen and six. It was probably a cheap baby, and Mother
wanted something really good, but I felt she was too hard to
please. The Geneys baby would have done us fine.
Having settled my plans for the day, I got up, put a chair
under my window, and lifted the frame high enough to stick out
my head. The window overlooked the front gardens of the homes
behind ours, and beyond these it looked over a deep valley to
the tall, red-brick house up the opposite hillside, which were
all still shadow, while those on our side of the valley were all
lit up, though with long storage shadows that made them seem
unfamiliar, stiff and painted.
After that I wentsintosMothers room and climbedsintosthe
big bed. She woke and I began to tell her of my schemes. By this
time, though I never seem to have noticed it, I was freezing in
my nightshirt, but I warmed up as I talked until the last frost
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