The bright homespun carpet left a strip of bare plank by the stove, and on this stood two hampers of black walnuts ready for storing.

A few coloured prints, culled from garden magazines, were tacked on the wall, and these, without exception, represented blossoms of a miraculous splendour and size.

In Sarah's straitened and intolerant soul a single passion had budded and expanded into fulfillment.

Stern to all mortal things, to flowers alone she softened and grew gentle.

From the front steps to the back, the kitchen was filled with them.