On the third day after they moved t

On the third day after they moved to the country he came walking back from the village carrying a basket of groceries and a twenty-four-yard coil of rope. She came out to meet him, wiping her hand on her green smock. Her hair was tumbled, her nose was scarlet with sunburn; he told her that already she looked like a born country woman. His gray flannel skirt stuck to him, his heavy shoes were dusty. She assured him he looked like a rural character in a play.