![]() He worries that trouble will come up between Mattie and Zeena, so he decides to return home rather than deliver the lumber. When he finishes hauling the lumber, Ethan thinks about the tension in his house. However, she has little talent for housekeeping, and her ineffectiveness vexes Zeena. Although life there has been harder than her old life in Conneticut, Mattie has been cheerful and happy. When Zeena's doctor recommended that Zeena find a housekeeper, the family arranged to have Mattie stay at the Frome farm. She had no real skills, and the difficulties of working for a living disagreed with her health. His wife died soon after, leaving Mattie to fend for herself. ![]() He had left the hills and traveled to Connecticut, but he died too young to make his fortune. He wished that he had kissed Mattie while they had been out on their walk. Under the door, he could see just a flicker of the light from Mattie's candle, all the way on the other side of the landing. ![]() Ethan went to bed, blowing out the candle before he crawled in so as to avoid looking at his wife. ![]() While hauling lumber early the next morning, Ethan reflects on the events of the previous night and circumstances that brought Mattie to Starkfield. ![]()
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