05-24-2020, 01:28 PM
Rose still didn't fully understand why her friend was so opposed to the idea of marrying. It wasn't like Rose ever intended to love again, but the idea of spending all her life alone and having everyone refer to her as a spinster was appalling enough to make her desire marriage more. "Oh they are!" she said, when Pearl asked about babies. "Bram once peed over me just while I was cleanin' him!"