Eight Cousins Chapter 1 - Two Girls

In which a lonely and sorrowful Rose, newly orphaned and dwelling among her well-meaning but perplexed aunts, finds an unexpected companion in Phebe, a lively and industrious kitchen girl with a gift for birdlike song. Their meeting kindles a gentle friendship amid the shadowed rooms of Aunt-hill and hints at the quiet comfort that may yet be found beyond Rose’s fears of boys and strangers.