send her off Quotes

On a day when baby Liam is cutting a tooth, Katie Morag’s parents send her off to deliver the mail. On the Isle of Struay, the mail only comes once a week, so its arrival always generates plenty of excitement.

″‘Send the poor little motherless lamb away, Father? You couldn’t,’ cried Mother. ‘Her very own father calling her names. I just know her poor little heart is broken.‘”