"But did she never --" Eleanor paused, trying to see the world from that mother's eyes instead of being furious on Celia's behalf. "So could someone really think she was doing her child a favor? Wouldn't she ... would it never occur to her that ..."
If Mother were here, she would lecture Eleanor about how imprecisely she was speaking, with all of her fragments tossed about.
Of course, if Mother were here, Eleanor would have much bigger problems than her terrible speech pattersn.
"That that child would blame herself," she said, finally. "Assume she was unloved, abandoned, that she was such a burden that her mother would rather die than raise her."
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Date: 2014-04-04 10:59 pm (UTC)If Mother were here, she would lecture Eleanor about how imprecisely she was speaking, with all of her fragments tossed about.
Of course, if Mother were here, Eleanor would have much bigger problems than her terrible speech pattersn.
"That that child would blame herself," she said, finally. "Assume she was unloved, abandoned, that she was such a burden that her mother would rather die than raise her."