George Street, Fitzroy 1855
George Street, Fitzroy 1855Sarah was in her bedroom, the one she shared with Maggie, sitting on the side of the bed with her head in her hands. Her body was moving up and down although she wasn’t making a noise. I knew she was crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she told me to ask Mama.
That night at supper, I asked Mama why Sarah had been crying. Mama’s face screwed up and her lips looked as if they were stuck together. Her eyebrows disappeared under her hair when she pulled the face. She looked at Sarah and shook her head.
‘You are all old enough to know. Frances Amy isn’t but she won’t understand. Sarah has been asked by her beau, Thomas Rowley Briggs, to marry him.’
I squealed, I was so excited ‘That’s wonderful, Sarah. That’s happy news. Why were y
