Söndags-smakbit # Dark tales

Bloggen Betraktelser ger oss på söndagar chansen att publicera ett litet smakprov ur en bok vi läser.
Jag läser Dark Tales av Shirley Jackson. Jag har länkat titeln till GoodReads där du kan läsa mer
Smakbit sid. 112
Family treasures
Anne Waite was a most unfortunate girl, although she was, of all the girls living in the small women´s dormitory, the only one who might not be persuaded to agree that she was unfortunate. More than any of the other girls in the house, Anne felt herself to be free and unconfined, accepting the ordinary regulations of institutional community life as a concession to the authorities, rather than as an imposed obligation, The university authorities had been brought to recognize Anne particularly because of the death of her mother during the last term of her freshman year; Anne, returning to college as a sophomore, was without one surviving relative except for the university. Her college education had been paid for in advance, along with a regular, although small, allowance, that duly provided for – in case the university should not extend its paternal benevolence – the purchase of Annes clothes.