The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...Houghton Mifflin, 1940 - United States |
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Page 76
... talk , as she listened to it , was plain farmer talk , to be sure ; about the early sea- son , and the prospects for wheat and hay . Presently the miller began to ask about the country school and Mr. Fairhead's pupils . There were ...
... talk , as she listened to it , was plain farmer talk , to be sure ; about the early sea- son , and the prospects for wheat and hay . Presently the miller began to ask about the country school and Mr. Fairhead's pupils . There were ...
Page 124
... talk they've raised , it don't amount to much more'n pore Becky's di'monds ! There is a kind - a justice in this world after all , now ain't there ? ' Their talk turned naturally to the classic example of belated justice : the murder of ...
... talk they've raised , it don't amount to much more'n pore Becky's di'monds ! There is a kind - a justice in this world after all , now ain't there ? ' Their talk turned naturally to the classic example of belated justice : the murder of ...
Page 212
... talk to . He's just after me night an ' day , till I wisht I'd never been bawn . ' ' I guess a good many of us wish that , sometimes . But we come right again , and bear our lot . Have you said anything to my father ? ' ' How could I ...
... talk to . He's just after me night an ' day , till I wisht I'd never been bawn . ' ' I guess a good many of us wish that , sometimes . But we come right again , and bear our lot . Have you said anything to my father ? ' ' How could I ...
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