*It's a sharp but calm warning - Parvati may be the bolder twin, but she listens better than Padma. She stops gumming the skirt, but doesn't let go of Bellatrix.
There's an assumption that people on polar ends of the money spectrum are raised in a house without love - that the extremely poor cannot afford it and that the indulgently rich cannot give it. For the Patils, Jyoti believes it is true, and it is not a stretch for her to imagine that this Bellatrix has not had much love in her home life.
She decides against pulling Parvati back to her, to allow Bellatrix (who is clearly not a mother) a chance to experience something maternal. Besides, Padma is fussing and taking up all her energy.*
Sorry, they're teething. You can hold her, if you like.
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Date: 2011-07-12 05:14 pm (UTC)*It's a sharp but calm warning - Parvati may be the bolder twin, but she listens better than Padma. She stops gumming the skirt, but doesn't let go of Bellatrix.
There's an assumption that people on polar ends of the money spectrum are raised in a house without love - that the extremely poor cannot afford it and that the indulgently rich cannot give it. For the Patils, Jyoti believes it is true, and it is not a stretch for her to imagine that this Bellatrix has not had much love in her home life.
She decides against pulling Parvati back to her, to allow Bellatrix (who is clearly not a mother) a chance to experience something maternal. Besides, Padma is fussing and taking up all her energy.*
Sorry, they're teething. You can hold her, if you like.