In a stern but graceful, straight-back wooden chair, Ramona Darling sat next to the bed. Her frail hands lay in her lap, her fingers folded over a delicate, white-lace handkerchief. It looked whiter than it was against the full skirt of her dull-grey dress. When she raised it occasionally to stifle a sniffle, it looked whiter than it was against her sunbaked, weathered skin too. But it matched the frill around the front of her bonnet, the bulk of which matched the heavy dress.
Practical Purposes
Practical Purposes
Practical Purposes
In a stern but graceful, straight-back wooden chair, Ramona Darling sat next to the bed. Her frail hands lay in her lap, her fingers folded over a delicate, white-lace handkerchief. It looked whiter than it was against the full skirt of her dull-grey dress. When she raised it occasionally to stifle a sniffle, it looked whiter than it was against her sunbaked, weathered skin too. But it matched the frill around the front of her bonnet, the bulk of which matched the heavy dress.