How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
When we got down off the train, Grandma was there on the platform. After our first visit she'd never met us at the train, figuring we could find our own way. But here she was, under her webby old black umbrella to shade her from the sun. (6.1)
It's rather surprising to see Grandma Dowdel at the train station because as time has passed, she's begun to trust the kids to find their way to her house on their own. But she's not there for them…she's there to see Effie Wilcox.
Quote #5
"But, Joey, who was it sent to?" Mary Alice wondered.
"Grandma, I guess."
"She got valentines?" Mary Alice and I stared at each other. (6.63-65)
The thought of Grandma Dowdel ever being someone's valentine is completely unbelievable to both Joey and Mary Alice. Was she ever young enough to be someone's sweetheart?
Quote #6
We both assumed an air of weary worldliness as we climbed down off the Wabash Blue Bird one last time. But the train hadn't pulled out before we noticed a difference.
The depot was swagged in red, white, and blue bunting. (7.2-3)
On the last summer that Joey and Mary Alice spend a week with their grandmother, they're both so jaded—since they're teenagers now. But they're not the only ones who have changed over time; the town has made some updates, too.