Oliver Kedrigan's wife Kathleen was thinking about getting Sarah Murray to look over her house while she went away to Dublin. The other women in the district felt they should warn her about Sarah's actions. They told her about the way that Sarah looked at their husbands and how they wouldn't trust her if she was in their homes. Kathleen trusted her husband so she hired Sarah to look after the house and left for Dublin. Just after Kathleen left, Sarah met Oliver Kedrigan as he came up to the house with his cart. He spoke few words and as he was leaving she keep her eyes on him in a peculiar way.
When Kathleen got home from her trip, the house was spotless. She paid Sarah and then Sarah went back home. Once Sarah got home, her brothers and her three children were happy to have her back. After a while something changed and the brothers could tell. Sarah was pregnant and the brothers thought that it was Oliver Kedrigan. At the same time, Kathleen was also expecting a baby. One evening, they received a letter in the mail saying Oliver was the father of the child Sarah Murray was carrying. Oliver denied it but Kathleen had her suspicions.
The next evening, Sarah was sitting near the fire. Her brothers confronted her and asked her if the letter was true. Sarah didn't give them a straight answer so one of the brothers decided to take action. He took all of her belongings and threw them into the street. He then kicked Sarah out of the house. The next day, Oliver and Kathleen Keridgan heard of the news. Sarah was found dead in a ditch with her baby beside her. Kathleen was happy to here of this but Oliver's reaction was shocking because he seemed upset and worried.
Do you think the child Sarah Murray was carrying was Oliver's?
When Kathleen got home from her trip, the house was spotless. She paid Sarah and then Sarah went back home. Once Sarah got home, her brothers and her three children were happy to have her back. After a while something changed and the brothers could tell. Sarah was pregnant and the brothers thought that it was Oliver Kedrigan. At the same time, Kathleen was also expecting a baby. One evening, they received a letter in the mail saying Oliver was the father of the child Sarah Murray was carrying. Oliver denied it but Kathleen had her suspicions.
The next evening, Sarah was sitting near the fire. Her brothers confronted her and asked her if the letter was true. Sarah didn't give them a straight answer so one of the brothers decided to take action. He took all of her belongings and threw them into the street. He then kicked Sarah out of the house. The next day, Oliver and Kathleen Keridgan heard of the news. Sarah was found dead in a ditch with her baby beside her. Kathleen was happy to here of this but Oliver's reaction was shocking because he seemed upset and worried.
Do you think the child Sarah Murray was carrying was Oliver's?
No I don't think that the Child that that Sarah was carrying was not Oliver's because as told in the story that no woman trusted Sarah to look after the house with their husband's. This clearly says that the child is probably someone elses. If Kathleen trusted her husband so much in your opinion why do you think she started feeling suspicious after receiving the letter. Cause when there is trust between husband and wife then why suspect him/ her. Don't you think Kathleen actually didn't trust her husband that much as it told in the story?
ReplyDeleteWhy were the brothers uspet it might be Oliver who got Sarah pregnant?
ReplyDeleteNikita: I think that the wife started to doubt her husband after the letter because of what the other women had said. In the end of the story, the way Oliver reacted to Sarah's death made me suspicious of him. I think it was his child.
ReplyDeleteJanine: The brothers were so upset with Sarah because she had cheated with other men before. Also, they were mad at her because they thought it was Oliver's child and he was a married man.
ReplyDeleteWell maybe Oliver could have just felt bad that Sarah died because of the suspicions. The baby might not of been his and Kathleen could have thought it was and sent the letter to create tension with Sarah's family?
ReplyDeleteThat is very true. This is what makes the story so effective. The reader is left with different possibilties in the end because you never find out if it is his baby or not.
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