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Vase of the Past Destroys a Village Wife’s Calm
Ellen Joyce Godfrey treks through a life of old riches and modern longing. Her husband Caleb Joyce Godfrey, a stern village lawyer, collapses social norms by dressing in his wife’s blue silk to confront a scandal. The vase survives as a dangerous memory until Ellen shatters it and laments the loss as May lilacs waft outside.
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