From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.

There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love.

From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their hearts would break.

How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible!

There was something irresistible about popcorn.