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Dec. 21st, 2005 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mistressmaryquitecontrary*There is a stubborn weed, in the vicinity of a cluster of lilies o' the valley, that simply won't come up.
Mary scowls at it as she waits for Dickon to get there; she wants to root it up, but the roots are in so deep she's rather worried she'll pull out one of the lilies o' the valley along with it.*
Mary scowls at it as she waits for Dickon to get there; she wants to root it up, but the roots are in so deep she's rather worried she'll pull out one of the lilies o' the valley along with it.*
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Date: 2005-12-22 06:40 am (UTC)There's a squirrel riding on his shoulder, and the bulge in his shirt pocket signals the presence of another.
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Date: 2005-12-22 06:46 am (UTC)She keeps studying the weed, though; the arrival of friends is no reason to neglect a garden.
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Date: 2005-12-22 06:54 am (UTC)"Good mornin', Miss Mary." He comes around to where she's working, and hunkers down next to her.
"What's that tha's tendin' to?"
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Date: 2005-12-22 07:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-22 07:23 am (UTC)"Weeds is like that, some o' the time. Hard t'find, an' then hard t'pull up without hurtin' the rest o' th' flowers."
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Date: 2005-12-22 07:26 am (UTC)Mary frowns down at it.
"Would it hurt them so very much if it was left there? It is better than if it were pulled up, and the others came with it, isn't it?"
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Date: 2005-12-22 07:50 am (UTC)"Leavin' weeds among th' flowers is a bad practice t' start, Miss Mary, even if it's only one."
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Date: 2005-12-23 04:59 am (UTC)"And if I let it grow, it will only be harder to get out - but I wish it were just another few inches away from the flowers."
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Date: 2005-12-23 07:02 am (UTC)"Aye, 'tisn't nice t' think o' the flowers bein' hurt by pullin' it up--but there'll be harm if it stays there, too. 'Twill only be harder t' see at first."
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Date: 2005-12-23 07:05 am (UTC)She extends a hand, gently, to the blossoming bud on top of one of the lilies o' the valley.
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Date: 2005-12-23 07:28 am (UTC)"They looks well enow' for now, but if th' roots o' the weed get down far enow', they could wrap 'round the roots o' the flowers an' choke 'em."
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Date: 2005-12-23 07:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-23 07:45 am (UTC)And all lessons worth learning come at a price--a fact that becomes apparant here when the weed comes up, but takes two lilies with it.
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Date: 2005-12-23 07:52 am (UTC)Finally, she says, stiff and quiet, "I shall not let a weed get that deep again."
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Date: 2005-12-23 07:58 am (UTC)"Tha can't always avoid harmin' things, Miss Mary, even in gardenin'. Any gardener who's ever 'ad to cut a blighted limb off a tree could tell thee that."
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Date: 2005-12-23 08:09 am (UTC)"But one can do better when one does things wrong. I did things wrong. I did not pay enough attention."
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Date: 2005-12-23 08:25 am (UTC)"But tha'll know, for next time. An' th' rest of th' lilies is well."
For now, at least. Eventually, there are always more weeds.
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Date: 2005-12-23 08:30 am (UTC)It's a few moments before she speaks again.
"There is a lady I met in the bar who wants to meet you."
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Date: 2005-12-23 08:36 am (UTC)"Aye?"
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Date: 2005-12-23 08:38 am (UTC)"Her name is Mrs. Rowlands. She gave me a shawl - and when I said that you and Martha were the only people from home who came to Milliways, she asked to meet you."
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Date: 2005-12-23 08:49 am (UTC)"Tha'll have t' introduce me to 'er, then."
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Date: 2005-12-24 04:46 am (UTC)"The next time I see you both I shall."