19/47 But her tone was flat and hesitating. Her ever-present fear was very little comforted by prayer. But she found comfort in Mrs.Grayson.She liked to stay on in the old kitchen, watching Mrs.Grayson's household ways, making friends with the stolid tabby cat, or listening to stories of Jim as a child. Sometimes she would read parts of George's letters to this new friend. Bridget never cared to hear them; and she was more completely at ease with the farmer's wife even than with Hester Martin. |