How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
For days and days, we'd watch the sun rise over fields of plain brown earth, and we'd turn about and go home. But one morning, the sun would rise in fields of green mist, and we'd stay to welcome the earth. We'd tell her how glad we were she'd awakened once again. (32.49)
By describing what they used to do to greet the spring, Briony remembers the townspeople's connection with nature fondly. This ritual, along with regard for the swamp and the life it sustains in general, has gotten lost along the years.