Mother sat and stared at father, and father went to hitch the horses to drive to Groveville.
There's only one other day of my life that stands out as clearly as that.

The house was clean as we could make it.

I finished feeding early, and had most of the time to myself.

I went down to the Big Hill, and followed the top of it to our woods.

Then I turned around, and started toward the road, just idling.