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Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard.

and I've caught him several times LOOKING AT THE PAPER! And Jennie too. I caught Jennie with her hand on it once.

By daylight she is subdued, quiet. I fancy it is the pattern that keeps her so still. It is so puzzling. It keeps me quiet by the hour.

And I know John would think it absurd. But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way—it is such a relief!

“At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candle light, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars!”….

john what did you do 🧐

“It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.”