1. It was now March and Lyddie was in charge of helping tap the tree for maple sugar. She was also in charge of clarifying the sugar after it was gathered. This was hard and tiring work, but as always Lyddie worked her hardest.
2. She rarely thought of Rachel, Agnes, and her mother as they seemed to belong to another sadder life.
3. The possibility of her father’s return faded to the back corner of her mind. She felt no more pain, just curiosity.
