And that night I heard her talking to Aunt Hattie and saying, "To think that that poor innocent child has to suffer, too!" and some more which I couldn't hear, because her voice was all choked up and shaky.
Mother is crying now again quite a lot.

You see, her six months are 'most up, and I've got to go back to Father.

And I'm afraid Mother is awfully unhappy about it.

She had a letter last week from Aunt Jane, Father's sister.

I heard her read it out loud to Aunt Hattie and Grandpa in the library.