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supposed wrong letting it blaze forth now & then where any
real or fancied provocation set it going. She would have laughed
at the idea that her mother's fondness for May had really all
faded away but it was [true?] May had [?] [grown?] her [gone?] beyond
her & she resented the fact. She showed her feeling by a
continual fault-finding & [taunting?] which May would have
found unbearable if she had not been too much occupied with
her father's unhappiness to think much about it. [To?] be sure
Mrs. Stone had much right on her side. May was given to
sitting down and [mourning?] over her griefs rather instead of
giving her time to her daily duties or makng much effort to
find a way out of her troubles. She was not practical & that was
a trial to her practical mother & Mrs. Stone thought May ought
not to complain of having a hard life when she had always
had plenty to eat & to wear. You didn't have look out to see
where your bread & butter's coming from she would say to her
daughter & I don't know why you should go around looking as
though you'd lost your last friend, the misunderstanding &
lack of appreciation between May & her mother was unfortunate
for both of them it embittered their lives & added an unnecessary