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Peaches drew back, her eyes
wide with wonder and excitement, but her mind followed Mickey's lead, for
she shocked his sense of propriety by adding: "and the good red berries."
But Mrs. Harding came from an environment where to have "good red
berries," spicy smoked ham, fat chickens and golden loaves constituted a
first test of efficiency. To have her red berries appreciated did not
offend her. If Peaches had said "the sweetest, biggest red berries in
Noble Country," the woman would have been delighted, because that was her
private opinion, but she was not so certain that corroboration was
unpleasant. She advanced, gazing at the child unconsciously gasping the
stifling air. She took one hurried glance at the room in its scrupulous
bareness, with waves of heat pouring in the open window, and bent over
Peaches.
"Won't you come out of this awful heat quickly, and let us carry you away
to a cool, shady place? Dear little girl, don't you want to come?" she
questioned.
"Is Mickey coming too?" asked Peaches.


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