Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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Page 53
... listening . The same old thing . Jesus Christ , it was awful . Why did she put on the mother act ? Why didn't she admit she despised him for his drinking , for everything ? Instead of this cool , constant , silent bitterness and the ...
... listening . The same old thing . Jesus Christ , it was awful . Why did she put on the mother act ? Why didn't she admit she despised him for his drinking , for everything ? Instead of this cool , constant , silent bitterness and the ...
Page 287
... listening - appears to be listening - to Mrs. Overman Stubbs , who talks of her own bridal clothes , of Overman , of their honeymoon in New Orleans . Years ago ... She turns to Harry . " And your parents ? " she asks , a woman with ...
... listening - appears to be listening - to Mrs. Overman Stubbs , who talks of her own bridal clothes , of Overman , of their honeymoon in New Orleans . Years ago ... She turns to Harry . " And your parents ? " she asks , a woman with ...
Page 341
... listening to the whir of the clock . I lay there for a long while , listening ; a fly buzzed some- where in the room , heavy as slumber , stopped buzzing when it landed . I could see it in my mind : blown in off the fruitstands its feet ...
... listening to the whir of the clock . I lay there for a long while , listening ; a fly buzzed some- where in the room , heavy as slumber , stopped buzzing when it landed . I could see it in my mind : blown in off the fruitstands its feet ...
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