The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...Houghton Mifflin, 1940 - United States |
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Page 65
... felt her eagerness to please him . As she grew older , he came to identify her with Mercy , Christiana's sweet companion . When he read in the second part of his book , he saw Nancy's face and figure plain in Mercy . ON step II N THE ...
... felt her eagerness to please him . As she grew older , he came to identify her with Mercy , Christiana's sweet companion . When he read in the second part of his book , he saw Nancy's face and figure plain in Mercy . ON step II N THE ...
Page 101
... felt her anger rising . She rang her bell for the old butler . ' Washington , you may take me to my room . Send Till to me . ' Till got Mrs. Colbert into her ruffled nightgown , and stood brushing out her heavy hair . She felt there was ...
... felt her anger rising . She rang her bell for the old butler . ' Washington , you may take me to my room . Send Till to me . ' Till got Mrs. Colbert into her ruffled nightgown , and stood brushing out her heavy hair . She felt there was ...
Page 102
... felt like , none at all . Invalids were to be kept clean and comfortable , greeted cheer- ily ; that was their life . The longer she lay awake thinking of those things in the far past , the more lonely and wretched and injured she felt ...
... felt like , none at all . Invalids were to be kept clean and comfortable , greeted cheer- ily ; that was their life . The longer she lay awake thinking of those things in the far past , the more lonely and wretched and injured she felt ...
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