When Eleanor Vance stops for lunch on her trip, she exchanges glances with a little girl sitting with her family nearby. Then she overhears the girl's mother, "She wants her cup full of stars." It turns out there are images of stars on the bottom of the girl's favorite cup at home. When the mother tries to convince her to finish her glass of milk anyway, Eleanor mentally urges her not to, and she's pleased when the girl remains stubborn. This scene with the "cup full of stars" from the first chapter of Shirley Jackson's novel "The Haunting of Hill House" struck me enough today to write this note about it. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 20 November 2022)
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