yelena knew that they always enjoyed serving an abundance of dishes to her guests . now lyudmila watched as mother swept tatyana ' s small sister into a wide , scrawny embraced and then dragged her to the table , swinging her shawl from her shoulders , placing her in the table of honor , and saying rapidly : " there ' s plenty . "
Grandma gathered Tatyana's small mother into a wide, scrawny embrace and then propelled Grandma to the table.