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IX. SARA'S WAY
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The warm June sunshine was coming down through the trees, white with the virginal bloom of apple-blossoms, and through the shining panes1, making a tremulous mosaic2 upon Mrs. Eben Andrews' spotless kitchen floor. Through the open door, a wind, fragrant3 from long wanderings over orchards4 and clover meadows, drifted in, and, from the window, Mrs. Eben and her guest could look down over a long, misty5 valley sloping to a sparkling sea.
Mrs. Jonas Andrews was spending the afternoon with her sister-in-law. She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes. When she had been a slim, pink-and-white girl those eyes had been very romantic. Now they were so out of keeping with the rest of her appearance as to be ludicrous.
Mrs. Eben, sitting at the other end of the small tea-table that was drawn6 up against the window, was a thin little woman, with a very sharp nose and light, faded blue eyes. She looked like a woman whose opinions were always very decided7 and warranted to wear.
"How does Sara like teaching at Newbridge?" asked Mrs. Jonas, helping8 herself a second time to Mrs. Eben's matchless black fruit cake, and thereby9 bestowing10 a subtle compliment which Mrs. Eben did not fail to appreciate.
"Well, I guess she likes it pretty well—better than down at White Sands, anyway," answered Mrs. Eben. "Yes, I may say it suits her. Of course it's a long walk there and back. I think it would have been wiser for her to keep on boarding at Morrison's, as she did all winter, but Sara is bound to be home all she can. And I must say the walk seems to agree with her."
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