mo-o-o-ther

Updated: May 5, 2025

There was an instant of appalling silence in the house, the silence that is like no other, the silence that comes when the children have just gone. Through it, heavy-footed and ruthless, Marise felt something advancing on her, something which she dreaded and would not look at. From above came a sweet, high, little call, "Mo-o-o-ther!" Oh, a respite Mark was awake!

Dorothy Canfield Fisher - The Brimming Cup