it's funny, actually, and i never thought i would be saying this.. but the truth is that this 535 pages long story is quiet fascinating and interesting .it's weird that when i actually sat and read chapter after the other, in a seemingly helpless effort to finish before the deadline, i actually became indulgent in the story as it actually appeared to have lots of events and twists and turns. i admit it ...among the books that I've read so far, this one is the closest to watching a movie (which is something i love doing)..any way, let's not chat about it for it would probably take centuries...
sooo... chapters 21 - 30 (during those chapters many unexpected things occur):
when hilda left somerset i thought it would be the last time we'd hear about gertie.. but ..who knows?..gertie appear's to be their savior!..as conditions in london have gotten worse, hilda and ellen had no other choice but to move elsewhere.. that is to move to a safer place. when hilda returned to london earlier, she had minimal doubts that clapham would be bombed. she had put all her doubts on the shelf for she had a million other reasons to go back most of which were concerning ellen and how she'd have friends and go to a proper school....
many unfortunate events have happened to hilda in london like her loss of her parents and the loss of her long awaited child...and hence she began to actually believe that her stay in london was a bloody curse, more of an omen of bad luck and misfortune.. so now when things got worse...unexpectedly gertie appears again and tries to help hilda and ellen...
of course hilda did not forget what had happened last time when they lived at gertie's, yet she had no other choice but to accept gertie's offer and live in the cottage in hampshire.
and later was followed there by her good friend mable...
ellen's got a new friend now (sheila)...oh and there's one more ironic thing...that is in earlier chapters, ellen was pictured as being exasperated by billy's presence while now she has some feelings towards him..(too bad billy doesn't feel the same towards ellen ). he has feelings of affection and obsession towards horses, and that's probably the main reason for him not wanting to go back to london.. oh yes... the story is indeed full of surprises..doug (whom i thought were dead ..actually from the very first chapters i used to think that he were did but each time he would "surprisingly return... just like now...he turned out to be alive just like the old hocasy pocasy lady had foretold ..as usual, hilda and ellen are more than pleased to see doug...
ellen went with sheila to a similar woman in hampshire and this one told ellen that there would be pain and peace in her life...
ellen got jealous from sheila when she started spending more time with billy than she did with ellen...but later they became friends again (i still don't know what of a friend is sheila to tell ellen about stuff hilda thought ellen was too young to learn!)
ellen then felt sad that billy had to leave with mable because his father was wounded. billy similarly felt the same, but this wasn't because he won't be able to see ellen, but because he would leave the life he loved most (and the horses)behind. yet as stubborn as he is, he tries hard to convince his parents to let him go back to hampshire...when finally peace spread around as the war was over with Europe's victory, victory, everyone was jolly...doug and ellen but not hilda,were pleased to go back to london... ofcourse ellen would have preferred to stay in hampshire rather than go back to london because hampshire, unlike london, was beautiful, but she longed to see billy once again and thus couldn't wait to get back to london (another irony because when they returned earlier she'd first detested london but now it was ok with her).
as i mentioned earlier, obstinate billy was arguing about going back to hampshire, and now (for ellen's bad luck) he won the argument and left ellen in sorrow.
how weird can this get to be?.. ellen loves billy, billy loves horses and not ellen, billy's brother, percy, loves ellen and not horses hahaha...back to ellen's parents ... doug was suffering from his intolerable back ache and was having a hard time in an effort to hide his agony...hilda is aware of the situation and finally makes up her mind that whether doug liked it or not she is going to find a job and start working because she's probably tired of their adversity and hopes to make things better..
the family's savior , gertie, came back again and after seeing their horrid state, she tries her best to lend them an arm in any possible way... to be continued.....
sooo... chapters 21 - 30 (during those chapters many unexpected things occur):
when hilda left somerset i thought it would be the last time we'd hear about gertie.. but ..who knows?..gertie appear's to be their savior!..as conditions in london have gotten worse, hilda and ellen had no other choice but to move elsewhere.. that is to move to a safer place. when hilda returned to london earlier, she had minimal doubts that clapham would be bombed. she had put all her doubts on the shelf for she had a million other reasons to go back most of which were concerning ellen and how she'd have friends and go to a proper school....
many unfortunate events have happened to hilda in london like her loss of her parents and the loss of her long awaited child...and hence she began to actually believe that her stay in london was a bloody curse, more of an omen of bad luck and misfortune.. so now when things got worse...unexpectedly gertie appears again and tries to help hilda and ellen...
of course hilda did not forget what had happened last time when they lived at gertie's, yet she had no other choice but to accept gertie's offer and live in the cottage in hampshire.
and later was followed there by her good friend mable...
ellen's got a new friend now (sheila)...oh and there's one more ironic thing...that is in earlier chapters, ellen was pictured as being exasperated by billy's presence while now she has some feelings towards him..(too bad billy doesn't feel the same towards ellen ). he has feelings of affection and obsession towards horses, and that's probably the main reason for him not wanting to go back to london.. oh yes... the story is indeed full of surprises..doug (whom i thought were dead ..actually from the very first chapters i used to think that he were did but each time he would "surprisingly return... just like now...he turned out to be alive just like the old hocasy pocasy lady had foretold ..as usual, hilda and ellen are more than pleased to see doug...
ellen went with sheila to a similar woman in hampshire and this one told ellen that there would be pain and peace in her life...
ellen got jealous from sheila when she started spending more time with billy than she did with ellen...but later they became friends again (i still don't know what of a friend is sheila to tell ellen about stuff hilda thought ellen was too young to learn!)
ellen then felt sad that billy had to leave with mable because his father was wounded. billy similarly felt the same, but this wasn't because he won't be able to see ellen, but because he would leave the life he loved most (and the horses)behind. yet as stubborn as he is, he tries hard to convince his parents to let him go back to hampshire...when finally peace spread around as the war was over with Europe's victory, victory, everyone was jolly...doug and ellen but not hilda,were pleased to go back to london... ofcourse ellen would have preferred to stay in hampshire rather than go back to london because hampshire, unlike london, was beautiful, but she longed to see billy once again and thus couldn't wait to get back to london (another irony because when they returned earlier she'd first detested london but now it was ok with her).
as i mentioned earlier, obstinate billy was arguing about going back to hampshire, and now (for ellen's bad luck) he won the argument and left ellen in sorrow.
how weird can this get to be?.. ellen loves billy, billy loves horses and not ellen, billy's brother, percy, loves ellen and not horses hahaha...back to ellen's parents ... doug was suffering from his intolerable back ache and was having a hard time in an effort to hide his agony...hilda is aware of the situation and finally makes up her mind that whether doug liked it or not she is going to find a job and start working because she's probably tired of their adversity and hopes to make things better..
the family's savior , gertie, came back again and after seeing their horrid state, she tries her best to lend them an arm in any possible way... to be continued.....
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