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Amos was as excited and pleased as the children and Lizzie, so tired that her old hands shook, was as elated as the others. "It's much more roomy than the old house and all on one floor. 'Twill save me the stairs. And the garden'll be fine," she said, failing to call attention to the fact that the water was far from the house and that there was no kitchen sink.
"An' there'll be a garden full of flowers, roses an' hollyhocks, way down there in the south, an' it'll be so warm an' quiet, an' the sun'll shine all day, and the sky'll be so blue..." Andrews felt his lips repeating the words like lips following a prayer. " An' it'll be so warm an' quiet, without any noise at all. An' the garden'll be full of roses an'..."
But the other voices kept breaking in, drowning out the soft voice with groans, and strings of whining oaths. "An' he said I could sit on the porch, an' the sun'll be so warm an' quiet, an' the garden'll smell so good, an' the beach'll be all white, an' the sea..." Andrews felt his head suddenly rise in the air and then his feet. He swung out of the darkness into a brilliant white corridor.