Sarah's Ground (9781439115855) (2004)
“And there is no worse sound in the world. It seemed to me that even here, on these placid green lawns, I could feel the earth move.
From that moment until one o’clock in the afternoon, the firing continued in the direction of Centreville.
“Stay calm,” Upton told the servants. “No one will come this way.”
But they were skittish all day. And for good reason. There didn’t seem to be even three minutes’ time between each cannon roar. I tried to sew. I tried to pull weeds in my garden, where my peas... are already six inches high. In the garden I noticed the birds were lulled into quiet. I looked for my pet crow, but he did not come. Were the animals and birds in hiding?
I tried to write to Miss Cunningham and couldn’t. I wanted to pray for the poor souls out there in the distance who had seen their last sunrise that day, and couldn’t.
Upton attempted to get the work crew to finish shoring up the pillars on the piazza and to start painting them, but the Nigras couldn’t concentrate, so he started them on the road to the generals tomb.MoreLess
From that moment until one o’clock in the afternoon, the firing continued in the direction of Centreville.
“Stay calm,” Upton told the servants. “No one will come this way.”
But they were skittish all day. And for good reason. There didn’t seem to be even three minutes’ time between each cannon roar. I tried to sew. I tried to pull weeds in my garden, where my peas... are already six inches high. In the garden I noticed the birds were lulled into quiet. I looked for my pet crow, but he did not come. Were the animals and birds in hiding?
I tried to write to Miss Cunningham and couldn’t. I wanted to pray for the poor souls out there in the distance who had seen their last sunrise that day, and couldn’t.
Upton attempted to get the work crew to finish shoring up the pillars on the piazza and to start painting them, but the Nigras couldn’t concentrate, so he started them on the road to the generals tomb.MoreLess
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