"When my mother..."
She stopped and looked at me. Then she began to read again. Papa stood outside thescreen door, listening.
"When my mother, Sarah, came, she came by train. I didn‘t know I‘d love her, but Caleb did. Papa didn‘t know, either, but he does love her. I have seen them kiss."" Sarah smiled at me. "And I have seen the way he looks at her and the way he touches her hair. My mother, Sarah, doesn‘t love the prairie. She tries, but she can‘t help remembering what she knew first.""
Sarah stopped and closed the book, holding it close to her.
"You like it," I said.
"I like it," said Sarah softly.
She put her arms around me, and I saw Papa watching us. - P54