How we cite our quotes:
Quote #4
“Seven trunks! The whole town will be talking about it before nightfall.” (3.77)
When Kit arrives at the Wood household, the family is shocked that she is carrying seven trunks with her. Uncle Matthew notes that the entire town will be buzzing about Kit’s luggage. We see a conflict of values in the two societies.
Quote #5
By the end of that first day the word useful had taken on an alarming meaning. Work in that household never ceased, and it called for skill and patience, qualities Kit did not seem to possess. (4.81)
The Wood family has a very different approach to chores than the aristocratic household Kit is used to. Instead of servants, each member of the family must pitch in and do their part in the daily running of the house. Kit has a difficult time adjusting to the labor required of her.
Quote #6
“But in the town there was not an inch of land to spare, not after they’d seen the brand on our foreheads.” (9.60)
Hannah Tupper is a Quaker, as was her late husband Thomas. Because of their religion, they were cast out of Puritan society and branded on their foreheads. The couple was forced to settle in the Meadows as the town would give them land nowhere else.