And to this precedent once established Edith now clung unawares.
Her new day gave her small time to think.

It began at five in the morning, when Roger was awakened by the gleeful cries of the two wee boys who slept with their mother in the next room, the room which had been Deborah's.

And Edith was busy from that time on.

First came the washing and dressing and breakfast, which was a merry, boisterous meal.

Then the baby was taken out to his carriage on the porch at the back of the house.