The Engagement

Loesje Pronk had that morning off and walked absorbed in thought in the garden of her parents. Mother had said that she did not want her help in the kitchen, because she could see that Loesje was still tired of the festive night before. She was engaged to marriage with Jan Timmermans, and following the Dutch tradition in Giethoorn there had been a kind of a party where just about everybody had come to congratulate them, bringing small gifts or a bouquet. It had been thrilling and it still made...