The katherinemansfieldsociety.org has a summary of the Prelude by William Wordsworth.

Prelude is a short story.The story was first published in July of 1918 by the Hogarth Press.Prelude was written in the midst of a love affair she had in Paris in 1915.It was included in Bliss and Other Stories.The story was a compressed and subtler version of a longer work.

In 1893, the Beauchamps moved to Karori, a country suburb of Wellington.Some readers may not pick up on the many hints that Linda is pregnant.[5]

There are twelve sections in the story.The Burnell family is moving out of their home.

There isn't enough room on the buggy for the two girls to get in.Mrs Samuel Josephs will look after them until another van arrives.The children are given tea by the neighbours' children.

After looking at a few remaining items, Kezia gets scared of something behind her.The storeman is going to pick them up.They leave.

The lighthouse on Quarantine Island is referred to by the storeman as being set in Wellington.Linda is having tea with her aunt and the grandmother greeted them with a smile.Stanley and Aunt Beryl argued over the fact that he was at work while she was alone to deal with the removal.

The children are put in the same bed by their grandmother.She says a prayer.Aunt Beryl wants to be independent from Stanley.Stanley brags about buying a cheap house and going to bed with Linda.The servant girl is with Pat.The grandmother goes to sleep.

Linda woke up to a sunny day and a husband boasting about his body.She thinks of how she dreamed of birds.

The grandmother is doing the dishes in the kitchen and remembers how, when they lived in Tasmania, she was stung by a red ant. Then Aunt Beryl wonders where she can put up some paintings she doesn't like.Linda came up and was sent to the garden to look after her children.

Stanley was happy to see his wife after he finished work with cherries, oysters and a pineapple.

The girls play at grown-ups until Pip and Rags arrive.The garden is called "boncer", meaning "super".

Pat chops off a duck's head to show the children that the duck still walks on after being killed; Kezia is shocked by the episode and demands Pat to put the head back.

Alice is reading a book in the kitchen and Aunt Beryl comes in and makes her feel better, then she walks out.