The sentence "But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle" is foreshadowing.
This sentence suggests that the speaker's memories of Doodle will be brought back to the forefront as time passes and changes. It hints that there may be something significant or impactful about their memories of Doodle. This foreshadows that Doodle may play an important role in the story or that their memories of Doodle may have a lasting impact on the speaker.
1 It’s strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that the summer has long since fled and time has had its way. 2 A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door, and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust. 3 The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce. 4 But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle.
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