The Mother and the Killer - A Half Rhyme

Janet's parents would have preferred a more rarefied situation, but the gr yard was getting full. After that, only the spay wives, the fish wives, the midwives, the ill wishers spoke of her endlessly. Their voices whined and droned, spiteful as the sleety wind which slashed their head scarves across their faces. So they blamed the mother for giving the child all those books to read. The father for his ideas about education. They blamed everyone and everything they could think of. But in the end, there was grim assent. The lass had only herself to blame.

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