A Washing Day Romance and a Lawyer's Gaze in Town
In a small town a milliner Miss Smith schemes for lawyer Gilbert as Lida the washergirl and apprentice grows into beauty. He often glances at Lida while Miss Smith plots favors and Byron readings, altering the room’s dynamics and testing social boundaries.
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Dida
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Miss Smith
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Wilbert
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Byron
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Shss Smith
Washing Day Brightens a Village Morning
A nostalgic fragment recalls a cottage by an oil bridge on washing days. The speaker imagines a lively, almost lyrical scene of a washer woman guiding children along a shaded path, with Lida’s delicate beauty adding to the quiet beauty of spring woods and morning air.
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Sam
Lida
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