Having got rid of "Miss Paulina Pry," as Tom called Maud, who was immediately absorbed by her cupboard, the older girls soberly discussed the sudden change which had come, and Polly was surprised to see what unexpected strength and sense Fanny showed. Polly was too unconscious of the change...
Then it's Vervain's turn, also not wearing a graduation cap or robe, but sporting a big smile as he holds up his diploma for all to see. He achieved highest honors in Technology just like Patches. But the damage was already done and Karam knew they'd definitely be getting calls from ...
She was nineteen when she had her first child: Apple, so named, amusingly enough, because during her pregnancy Lucy McNeil had eaten them by the barrel, but her grandmother, appearing at the christening, thought it a shocking bit of frivolity—jazz and the twenties, she said, had gone to...
Out I got, and creeping carefully along till I came near the tree, I stood up, and suddenly crowed like the little rooster. Nelly looked up, and stared, and laughed, and clapped her hands when she saw what I was going to do. " 'I 'm afraid you 'll slip and get hurt.' " '...