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'Have you really never been to a ball before, Leila? Bur, my child, how too weird -' cried the Sheridan girls.
‘Our nearest neighbour was fifteen miles,' said Leila softly, gently opening and shutting her fan.
Oh, dear, how hard it was to be indifferent like the others! She tried not to smile too much; she tried not to care. But every single thing was so new and exciting ...
— May 16, 2026 10:45AM
‘Our nearest neighbour was fifteen miles,' said Leila softly, gently opening and shutting her fan.
Oh, dear, how hard it was to be indifferent like the others! She tried not to smile too much; she tried not to care. But every single thing was so new and exciting ...
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She knew perfectly well what they were thinking. “Meady is in a wax." Well, let them think it! Her eyelids quivered; she tossed her head, defying them. What could the thoughts of those creatures matter to someone who stood there bleeding to death, pierced to the heart, to the heart, …
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The gold powder-box came out again. Again the poor little puff was shaken; again there was that swift, deadly-secret glance between her and the mirror.
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All the same, two minutes later Jose and Laura were licking their fingers with that absorbed inward look that only comes from whipped cream.
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As for the roses, you could not help feeling they understood that roses are the only flowers that impress people at garden parties
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'Does it make you sad to think about him, grandma?’ She hated her grandma to be sad.
It was the old woman's turn to consider. Did it make her sad? To look back, back. To stare down the years, as Kezia had seen her doing. To look after them as a woman does, long after they were out of sight. Did it make her sad? No, life was like that.
— Apr 13, 2026 02:37PM
It was the old woman's turn to consider. Did it make her sad? To look back, back. To stare down the years, as Kezia had seen her doing. To look after them as a woman does, long after they were out of sight. Did it make her sad? No, life was like that.
