How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
After dinner Sarah told us about William. "He has a gray-and-white boat named Kittiwake." She looked out the window. "That is a small gull found way off the shore where William fishes. There are three aunts who live near us. They wear silk dresses and no shoes. You would love them." (4.25)
In order to join the Witting family, though, Sarah has to leave behind her own family and hometown—and that can be hard. She misses her brother and all her crazy aunts.
Quote #5
Sarah brushed my hair and tied it up in back with a rose velvet ribbon she had brought from Maine. She brushed hers long and free and tied it back, too, and we stood side by side looking into the mirror. I looked taller, like Sarah, and fair and thin. And with my hair pulled back I looked a little like her daughter. Sarah's daughter. (4.34)
Even though Anna knows that Sarah will never be her "real" mother, she still loves imagining that they look alike. She wants Sarah to be a part of their family so that they finally have a mother figure.
Quote #6
Papa taught Sarah how to plow the fields, guiding the plow behind Jack and Old Bess, the reins around her neck. When the chores were done we sat in the meadow with the sheep, Sarah beside us, watching Papa finish. (6.2)
Sarah starts becoming more a part of the Witting family and even takes on some of the responsibility of taking care of their farm. She's not just there as a tourist; she helps build their home, too.