How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It took the morning for Delphine and Calinda to unpack. Mama and Cass and I heard the thump and scrape of their trunks from above, and the mumble of their voices. Scents this house had never known drifted down to us: the sweetgrass of their baskets, the lavender of sachets. Who knew what came tumbling out of those treasure chests? I wouldn't have minded a look but it was none of my business. (5.1)
Sweetgrass and lavender are not what we think of when we think of Illinois, that's for sure. Worlds collide with Delphine and Calinda's arrival.
Quote #5
On the porch of Jenkins's store, Mr. Clarence Worthen and Old Man "Dutchy" Brunckhorst were going at it, hammer and tongs. The Worthens' ancestry was Kentuckian, and they still called themselves Southern. Old Man Brunckhorst was straight from the old country and staunch for the Union and Lincoln. Each had a finger in the other's face. (5.12)
Like the boys who divide up to drill, the old men take sides. We guess a good porch debate is their version of drilling.
Quote #6
"Ah, ma chère," she said, "imagine-toi Maman and Papa in the brilliance of the ballroom, leading a quadrille. Always, always the first on the floor." She sketched this romantic couple in the Illinois air. (5.43)
Grand Tower has never seen the like of Delphine's parents, and she wants everyone to know that. At least she seems to like them a lot, which is more than a lot of teenagers can say.