They would sit around and sip tea, served to them in fragile porcelain cups by Dickinson’s equally fragile, trembling hands. They would discuss Carr’s latest painting, propped up on a makeshift easel for Dickinson to see, and Brontë’s new writing projects. Again, Carr would nag Dickinson to leave home more, see the world, put her inheritance to good use.
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EMILY R. ZAREVICH is a journalist and writer from Burlington, Ontario. Her work is featured in Local News Burlington and Jstor Daily.