When we had finished our sweetmeats or fruit she would accompany us to the stoep, bidding us thank our mother for her gift and sending quaint, old-fashioned messages to her and the Father. Then she would turn and enter the house, closing the door behind, so that it became once more a place of mystery.
待我们吃完糖


,她总要将我们送到屋前的门廊,叮嘱我们要多谢母
给她送食品,要我们对父母
转达一些稀奇古怪的

愿,然后就转身回到屋里,随手关上门,使那里再次成为神秘世界。
夏日,梅格一个人与这难以驾驭

亚厨房
是新鲜水果、坚果、冰沙,尽管有些人喜欢饼干蘸葡萄
,也许还有糖果和其他
和, 说不出
。


