An Effort In Futility
The sisters had spent much time arguing about whether this property was even worth their time or trouble, a point which became increasingly more worrying with the more that they learned about it. Was there any kind of profit to be made from a place that had been turned into a one-hundred-year-old dump? Either way, the event of the viewing was fast approaching, and the sisters would need to come to an agreement fast.
Second Thoughts
The sisters did not just have their own doubts to contend with, however, as it was becoming more and more apparent that Joyce was also having a change of heart. She would continually avoid or straightforwardly argue with the sisters about their various house-saving suggestions. We cannot deny that we would also feel apprehensive about packing up our many belongings and leaving a home that we had lived in our whole lives. Were the sisters going to push harder?