our debate

hi mrs shabana,
hope you're enjoying your holiday
well, i'd like to make sure about sth. concerning the debate. are we supposed  to be ready for this debate due saturday,feb19, the first day we arrive at school????or....???
waiting for your reply and i hope you spend a gd time ^_^

summary for chapters 4-10

here are some brief points for the chapters 4-10 and i hope you like the spices mrs shabana :-

• hilda and her little ellen are settled at gertie's house as time passed and the worries have already started to disappear
• hilda has seen an obvious change in her daughter as ellen grew up and became an increasingly-passionate lover of nature
• knowing how anxious hilda is, we see how she misses doug and how intensely is she attached to him
• doug suddenly appears infront of hilda (and here ch.4 ends)
• ellen and hilda seemed elated with joy as doug's figure appeared (we analyse doug's personality as he seemd gentle and gregarious)
• gertie,surprisingly, was irritated by doug's presence and somehow jealous ( i expected that :P )
• although gertie managed to act and hide her passionate feelings and love for hilda, jealousy and ultimate compulsion occupied her ( NOW THAT'S NOT EXPECTED......IT'S DISGUSTING!!)
• ellen was delighted to see her father , and therefore, forgot about the pigs wich were prepared to be sold by gertie
• as ellen remembered that her little Pinkie was to be killed , gertie alleviated her by getting a kitten for ellen
• doug seemed to love his family and care for their safety more than his own ( that was lucid when he quarreled with hilda as she desired to go back to london ) yet he was witty enough to realize a bit of gertie's uncomfort. but as he opened the subject with hilda, she opposed him and never even gave it a thought ( poor hilda. looks like she doesn't know anything about her "sister" gertie's feelings)
• it was time for doug to leave and hilda is once again left in isolation
• although ellen and hilda were shattered and broken for doug's departure, gertie was the happiest person that day( end of ch.5)
• two years passed and it was ellen's second birthday in Somerset. she turned twelve and at that same day menstruated (she's too young for this!! ellen seemed naive about pubirty as she didn't have the slightest idea about this stage not even knowing what menstruation was called)
• ellen was delighted by the prsents she's got but wished to share this revel with her father who sent her a letter and a wooden carved cat as a b.day present
• delighted to celebrate her daughter's b.day, hilda went to the kitchen to get the cake (not the main point) and there approached a cryptic feeling which caused her to feel like someone was right behind her ( could it be true or is it an illusion? let's find out in the nxt ch.s)
• ultimate zeal once again prevaded and was to be continued as hilda recieved a message from her beloved husband (poor gertie....you'll have to tolerate his arrival again)
• gertie seemed to hate any subjects which reqired religions , ghosts and spirits as she was nonchalant by hilda's nonsense about what she felt in the kitchen  (gertie's father is required in her lack of interests in those stuff)
• finally, doug arrived after two long years and with him an ultimate intolerance that gertie thought could be concealed again ( oops! looks like hilda is left with her deluded belief in gertie as both ellen and doug saw hatred in gertie's eyes)
• doug's staying for three weeks which seemed too short for ellen and hilda and endless for gertie
• although hilda had nightmares and recalled her mysteriour feelings, she managed to preclude them at least for the time being and enjoy every moment with her husband
• as doug assured himself and believed that his expectations were right, he took into action and opened the subject which later turned into a quarrel btw hilda and him
• during breakfast, hilda was extremely provoked and annoyed by her husband's "false delusion" towards gertie who barely spoke
•  doug's apology to gertie and hilda didn't terminate his suspicions although he managed a lie and tried to make his tiredness as the main reason for this delusion (good one doug! looks like hilda trusts gertie more than what's expected)
• to gertie's delight and ultimate satisfaction , the  three weeks has flung and doug had to leave his wistful family in gertie's hands as it was her honor to take his place(why do i feel that gertie is craeted as a woman by mistake??)
• we finally reach ch.10 and are surprised to find ellen's temperature high which later appeared in gertie as well
• hilda spent her time looking after both as she herself couldn't tolerate the exhaustion which never left her
• when ellen fially feels better, hilda starts sufferng a serious infection which was realized by mrs. brandon , a lady from the village, as hilda was taken to the hospital
• everyone hoped that hilda's situation would be alleviated and inhanced as was expected and assured by the nurse (they always tell lies..)
• gertie finally realizes that the villagers' concern for hilda led to her survival as hilda herself was genial towards them
• gertie regreted th fact that she disdained those villagers ( she was aloof until hilda appeared) yet she didn't want any more intrusions in her life (this woman is a friek!!)