The Valley of the Moon Book 2 Chapter 4

In which Saxon, a clear-eyed and prudent young wife, devotes herself to cultivating love and comfort in her household through careful economy, personal grace, and the wisdom gleaned from an eccentric old woman named Mercedes Higgins. With a keen eye for detail and a determined spirit, she balances the practicalities of married life while embracing small luxuries and new skills, all under the watchful and often paradoxical tutelage of Mercedes.