How many times had she opened and closed them now, drifting in and out of sleep, she wondered. Each time she woke, she cursed the fact that her body was stronger than she had thought it might be. Why did she keep on waking up? A quiet knock sounded before a maid entered. She walked briskly across...
On one occasion, she came downstairs to find the parlor filled with several bouquets of bright yellow tulips. A smile came to her lips as she asked her brothers who had sent them. “Oh, nobody,” they replied. “We merely thought the room needed a touch of color, so we asked Mrs. Barnes (the houseke...