grandmother did terrible things; somehow the
grandmother had caused Cory to die--and now she
had come to get Carrie too!
"I hate you! I hate you!" screamed Carrie over
and over, until finally Miss Dewhurst was driven from
the room and the school nurse was sent in to give
Carrie a sedative.
That Friday, I answered the telephone when
Miss Dewhurst called to say twelve of her girls had
broken her rules and disobeyed her orders, and Carrie
was one of them. "I'm sorry, really I am. But I can't
give your sister privileges and still punish the others.
She was in the room and she refused to quiet when I
ordered her to."
I waited until evening at the dinner table to
discuss it with Paul. "It's a terrible mistake to leave
Carrie over the weekend, Paul. You know we
promised her ,she could come home every weekend.
She's too little to be the cause of anything, so it's not
fair she should be punished too!"
"Really, Cathy," he said, putting down his fork,
"Miss Dewhurst called me right after she talked to
you. She does have rules, and if Carrie misbehaved
then she has to suffer along with the rest of the girls.
And I respect Miss Dewhurst even if you don't." Chris, home for the weekend, spoke up and
agreed with Paul. "Sure, Cathy, you know as well as I do that Carrie can cut up when she wants to. If she did nothing but scream she could drive you batty--and
deaf."
That weekend was a flop without Carrie. I
couldn't get her off my mind I stewed, fretted, worried
over Carrie. I seemed to hear her calling to me. I