this passage was rattling around my head today for no particular reason

[vforvegan]

The young woman had apparently been in the middle of a washing day, for she wore an apron, her sleeves were rolled up to the elbow, and there were soapsuds on her hands. If she had had time to put on her good clothes (her best hat had imitation cherries on it) she would have looked dreadful; as it was, she looked rather nice.

Of course she thought

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[the_gabih]

I think that's possibly one of my favourite scenes in any book. Those two are adorbs.

[vforvegan]

one of my childood ships, also i think nellie set my lifetime predeliction for fancying ladies of the weary-from-hard work-yet-eternally-devoted-to-the-ones-they-love type :3