Book 2, Chapter 7: How the Pattern Was Cut

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​⁠Through the two weeks that intervened before Portia and her mother left for the West, Rose disregarded the physical wretchedness—which went on getting worse instead of better—and dismissed her psychical worries until she should have time to attend to them. She helped Portia pack, she presented a steady cheerful radiance of optimism to her mother, that never faltered until the last farewells were s