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The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright, 09/2016Book Chapter
When she awoke most mornings, she was probably first aware of the presence of her older sister Hannah in the trundle bed with her, both of them rolled up in the sheets in the still cool but already muggy dawn. Or perhaps they slept on a simple straw mattress, and folded it up and tucked it in a chest or under a bench after they arose. The coughs, grunts, stretches, yawns, and scratchings of an entire family of nine waking up would have accompanied Esther and Hannah Wheelwright as they made their bed in the room they shared with their
