The Cider House Rules
“Princes of Maine, Kings of New England'Here in St. Cloud's,' Dr. Larch wrote, 'we treat orphans as if they came from royal families.'In the boys' division, this sentiment informed his nightly blessing—his benediction, shouted over the beds standing in rows in the darkness. Dr. Larch's blessing followed the bedtime reading, which—after the unfortunate accident to the Winkles—became the responsibility of Homer Wells. Dr. Larch wanted to give Homer more confidence. When Homer told Dr. Larch how he... had loved reading to the Winkles in their safari tent—and how he thought he had done it well, except that the Winkles had fallen asleep—the doctor decided that the boy's talent should be encouraged.In 193-, almost immediately after seeing his first fetus, Homer Wells began reading David Copperfield to the boys' division, just twenty minutes a crack, no more, no less; he thought it would take him longer to read it than it took Dickens to write it. Faltering at first—and teased by the very few boys who were near his own age (no boy was older)—Homer improved.MoreLess
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