Excerpt: ...second childhood!" She was mad on the subject, but Lars Peter let her talk on. "Isn't it true, Ditte, that Granny would be much better with us?" Sorine would continue. She quite expected the child to agree with her, crazy as she was over her grandmother. "I don't know," answered Ditte sullenly. Her mother lately had done her best to get her over to her side, but Ditte was suspicious of her. She would love to be with Granny again, but not in that way. She would only be treated badly. Ditte had no faith in her ...
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Excerpt: ...second childhood!" She was mad on the subject, but Lars Peter let her talk on. "Isn't it true, Ditte, that Granny would be much better with us?" Sorine would continue. She quite expected the child to agree with her, crazy as she was over her grandmother. "I don't know," answered Ditte sullenly. Her mother lately had done her best to get her over to her side, but Ditte was suspicious of her. She would love to be with Granny again, but not in that way. She would only be treated badly. Ditte had no faith in her mother's care. It was more for her own wicked ends than for daughterly love, Granny herself had said. Sorine was beyond comprehension. One morning she would declare that before long they would hear sad news about Granny, because she had heard the raven screaming in the willows during the night. "I'd better go over and see her," said she. "Ay, that's right, you go," answered Lars Peter. "I'll drive you over. After all, the nag and I have nothing to do." But Sorine wouldn't hear of it. "You've your own work to do at home," said she. However, she did not get off that day
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1963. Reprint Edition trilogy hardcover in full cloth binding. Clean, square and unmarked. 333, 385, 268pp. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo-over 6"-8" Tall.