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herself apart She found herself rearranging the furniture to suit her

She found yards of gauzy fabric in a trunk in the closet and fashioned

some pretty curtains with Flanna’s aid She weeded the front

flowerbeds The gnoive her bulbs to plant

She was even beco fond of the chickens It would make it

almost impossible to eat them She’d become fond of all the animals

She’d learned to milk the cows and how to brush Sweeney’s mane

She hadn’t let Cian kill the rooster The rooster only crowed about

half the ti had discovered that Cian’s cock was a much better

judge of ti as the sun rose,

seeking relief

It hadn’t found any, yet

That would change soon She wouldn’t be able to deny him much

longer She didn’t want to She dreaht, Cian and

his brother As wonderful as Cian was, she still was heartbroken over