Chapter 26: EscapeMrs. Brewster allowed Christina to spend more and more time in the kitchen. The girl could not learn, but she could cook and bake, sparing her the expense of another salary. Her December letter to the Rolfe's extolled Christina's homemaking skills. This arrangement was proving quite profitable.
Christina didn't mind. The kitchen was warm and Mrs. Reilly, the cook, let her make biscuits and cookies. Mrs. Reilly would even compliment the results. Christina hated the cold schoolrooms and everyone in them. Her two letters to her parents pleading to come home had not worked. Fall slipped into winter, mild and rainy. Then came the first of December and the ground froze solid. Bill Price came less and less often, only once a week now. She found herself standing on the back stoo
