Eleanor H. Porter

Name: Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter?
Author: Eleanor H. Porter

Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

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“Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter?”, published in 1921, is a work by Eleanor H. Porter. It explores elements such as Sister Sue, May and Gordon.

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ We're hungry! We want something to eat! And you laugh and tell us to eat the gravy on our baked potatoes; that it'll be lovely! Lovely, indeed! If you'd only show some sympathy with what we have to bear, we should n't mind it. We could stand things. But you don't care! You know you don't care! You like it here! You laugh, no matter what 't is, and tell us it might be worse. But I tell you it could n't be worse! Nothing could be worse than what we have here every single day of our lives—here!"
And with a choking sob May pushed back her chair and rushed from the room. ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ You don't mind horrid old smelly kerosene lamps, and wearing old clothes, and doing your own work. You're always laughing and saying it might be worse, and never mind! And you don't care a bit how we're suffering. You try to make us like it, too. Here you are even trying to make us like this old soapy pie to-day! ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ The spots did not taste at all like plums, however. They had a curious, most unpleasant flavor not unlike the flavor of the crust itself, only much worse. The top of the pie, when Sister Sue brought it to the table, displayed a beautiful golden-brown crust, and looked most appetizing. Perhaps for that reason the disappointment was all the greater when the pie was cut and served, and May and Gordon, avowedly "starved to death," took generous mouthfuls of that yellow crust, each mouthful, as it happened, splotched with a big, dark yellow "plum." ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ At this point Sister Sue always put the thought resolutely out of her mind. There were some things, she decided, that it certainly did no good to think of. This was one; and another was what Signer Bartoni had said to her that wonderful day of the recital. It did not help her to bake beans and stir up bread to be thinking all the time of that "Encore! Encore" Susanna Gilmore! Encore!" The only great "arteest" she had any prospect of being at present had to do with flour-sifters and rolling-pins. ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ The gravy's good, anyway. I'm glad of that. It'll be lovely on the baked potatoes."
"Will it, indeed? I'm glad you think so!" Gordon spoke with the sarcasm of a hungry man who has been offered a stone for bread.
But it was from May that came the avalanche.
"Glad? Of course she's glad! She's glad for everything!" stormed the girl, with sudden wrath. "She likes things here, Gordon! She likes the house and the town and the people in it! She likes to be without lights and gas and hot water, and no maid at all! She likes it, likes it!"
"Why, May!" gasped Sister Sue unbelievingly. ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ Once more May fell back in obvious amazement.
"Why, Sister Sue, I—I never do—do that part of the work, and you know it!" she gasped.
"Oh, I don't blame you for not liking it," retorted Sister Sue, dropping herself down to the table and diving her hand deep into the bag of beans. "I don't like it myself. If there's one thing in this world that's more deadly tiresome to do than housework, I should like to know what it is. It's just cook and wash dishes and clean up, and cook and do dishes and clean up from one day's end to the other ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ She wanted to ask his advice, too, about numberless matters. Most of all, she wanted somebody out of the old life just to sit down and talk with, so that she might forget, for one little minute, perhaps, that the old life was not still hers. ”

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Eleanor H. Porter, Sister Sue — VII.—What does it Matter… (1921)

“ What? That the gravy's good with the—oh, I see," chuckled Mrs. Preston, the light of sudden understanding clearing her puzzled countenance.
"It was only that I was trying to help make things easier," sighed the girl, half apologetically, with a faint smile.
"An' they wa'n't in the mood ter have things made easier that way."
"Apparently not," agreed Sister Sue; then, with spirit, she amended: "But it really doesn't do any good to keep fretting over things we can't possibly help, you know." ”

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