- The Prouds 290
After days of continuous traveling, he reached the
land of the Prouds at dawn. He went to Leader Hammond’s
house and knocked on the door but no one answered, so he
kept knocking until a maid opened the door.
He ordered her to call Florrie, and she did.
Florrie came, looking sleepy, and asked with
amazement, “What brings you here and where is
Hammond?”
“Hammond killed Jarvis,” he said.
She smiled and as sleepiness was replaced by
alertness. She became very happy to hear that Jarvis was
killed because finally, she managed to retaliate against
Jarvis. “But, before he died, Jarvis told Hammond that he
had not betrayed him and asked him to ask his maid,
Melanie to be sure,” Milton continued. “Then for some
reason, which I am sure you know, Hammond believed
him, deeply regretted killing him, and swore that he will
kill you, and he will.
“Get your stuff quickly and let’s go to your father
before Hammond gets here.”
She was terrified. Yet she was not sad at all for her
husband’s desire to punish her because he had never meant
anything to her, and she had never loved him. She even was
happy because she was getting rid of that dirty, boring,
barren desert and these savages, according to her. All she
could think of then was running away to her father and
saving her life.
Milton was upset because she was not affected by
what had happened, and because she was rather very
happy. Therefore, he realized that she only cared for
herself, and that the Prouds meant nothing to her.