The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939-1969 |
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Page 31
... Sussex village . The strange first air raid of the war - it was , of course , a false alarm - came to Rodmell on a lovely autumnal or late summer day . It came , I think , just after or before breakfast and I walked out onto the lawn ...
... Sussex village . The strange first air raid of the war - it was , of course , a false alarm - came to Rodmell on a lovely autumnal or late summer day . It came , I think , just after or before breakfast and I walked out onto the lawn ...
Page 80
... Sussex , and , in her reserved way , she was deeply attached to both . She was already a young lady when she decided that she must become a doctor . It was a strange , disquieting decision , for in Sussex country houses in those days ...
... Sussex , and , in her reserved way , she was deeply attached to both . She was already a young lady when she decided that she must become a doctor . It was a strange , disquieting decision , for in Sussex country houses in those days ...
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... in Kentucky what Octavia was to do later on in Sussex ; with extraordinary strength of mind and determination she broke the fetters of family and class , the iron laws which prescribe the life and 81 VIRGINIA'S DEATH.
... in Kentucky what Octavia was to do later on in Sussex ; with extraordinary strength of mind and determination she broke the fetters of family and class , the iron laws which prescribe the life and 81 VIRGINIA'S DEATH.
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