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… pin. “You make your profit on the ‘his-and-hers’ specials,” Papa coached—referring to deals that allow surviving … as to us. “ Gordon ,” she responded, more confidently, welcoming, as though answering her own question. Then: “Gordon, … I was going to marry Lucien Braithwaite, or that I would die a virgin trying.) My future husband was half-sitting on …

… to consider that.  It was one of those old wooden houses accommodating two families, so often seen in Canadian towns. … on the corner I generally resolved to say his name in capitals when it was come to in the prayer my sister and I had to … got back to the verandah. It wasn’t the same after grandma died, but we still sat out nights and talked of her mostly, …

… is reduced to the first necessities. Corn and beans for diet, a single serape for coat and blanket, a hut of mud for house—somehow from this comfortless poverty there is a margin left for luxury. There … busy time, and the warm sun gives confidence. When the year dies and spirits most need lifting, Mexico seethes with …

… the play is one of the most widely translated Greek tragedies. As a result readers come to Medea knowing in some detail what will happen. … Unlike other Greek tragedies there are no strong reversals and few surprises. When the play begins events have …

… She brought Maggie fresh hot tea in a thermos. “Emily’s coming to see you this afternoon” she said to Maggie one … your teeth, Sarah,” Maggie said, although Maggie had had false teeth forever, or so Sarah had believed when she … in a draft,” she said. Maggie’s third brother, Jimmy, had died of pleurisy at the age of ten, from standing at a …