Large families, she thought, ought to be a excellent comfort.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with small ones, she added, immediately feeling guilty. Being an solely infant had its advantages. She’d gotten all her parents’ attention.
Maybe too lots of their attention, a little voice murmured in her ear.
Considering that voice very rude, she blocked it out and turned to return to her cottage and do some thing sensible with her time.
Because she felt disloyal, she immediately phoned home. With the time difference she caught her mother and father earlier than they left for work, and squashed her guilt with the aid of chatting happily, telling them she used to be rested, enjoying herself, and searching forward to this new experience.
She was well conscious that they both regarded her i
