A Girl in WinterThis classic novel captures twelve transformative hours in the life of an exiled woman living in England and working at a library during World War II. |
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... asking , about it . " Miss Feather was over forty . She had a withered , sly face , and a conspiratorial way of glancing on all sides as she spoke and rarely looking anyone in the face . Katherine frowned . " Uganda by Fielding ? I don ...
... asking to consult a medical dictionary. Not that they were stupid, but these things did not come into their ken. Or was it simply that she could not imagine them having any thought of such surroundings as these? Perhaps she should not ...
... asked her where Miss Feather was. Miss Green had stared and answered in offhand nasal tones that she would be in the cataloguing room, without saying where that was, and had disappeared. That had been nine months ago and they had not ...
... asked helplessly. “Sick,” said Miss Green after a while. She tilted back her head as if the cold air were wet muslin laid across her forehead. They had not reached Bank Street, but it would have been the next stop. This was a large ...
... asked . " Not so far . Just one of his little lectures , this morning . One day , though , oh , one day—— ! ” She gazed out of the shelter at the motionless branches : Miss Green studied her for a moment or two . Near at hand a sparrow ...