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"Matchher eyes Grand to her a hundred tiaits and to be going in the same direction Our Ostfold boys are handso in the sa her head so she looked like a curious owl

"I don’t want ht now I don’t feel particularly inclined to have children, either," Gemma said

"I suppose you’ve had the experience already, taking care of your parents as you have," Grand up at her roof as the oat moved across the house "Oh--snow beans! If you want an easier but equally as thankless task, get a goat," she advised "Jo-Jo! You get away from that chimney this instant!" Grandmother Guri shouted

Ge with untold hutheir muscles at you," Grandmother Guri said

Gemma snorted "With the town as critical of my job as it is? Any son that looked twice at me would be paddled by his mama"

"You’re too critical"

"You always say a critical person is a sign of weak bones"

"It is I wish you wouldn’t be so hard on yourself"

"You also say if wishes were horses, beggars would ride"

Grandmother Guri swatted a hand in Ge to the i you say is ireat cackle of laughter "I wish you realized that as a child," she hooted, but her sirl You are a talented seamstress--better than I anize a gift when I see it It’s true You have a mind for patterns and clothes I have never seen I would hate to see you waste it, but I would also hate to see you throw love away if you happen to find yourto find anyone in Ostfold, Grandmother"

"When did I say you had to? Hht not realize you’re looking at your love until it’s too late So while I’irl and swoon over every boy your age…just be open to it"

"Be open to being silly?" Gemma pertly said, her eyebrow jutted up in a look of disbelief that Grandmother Guri often wore

"No," Grand Gemma upside the head "Be open to love!"

"Fine, I will But Grandic to love irl," Grands"