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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... week . ” " I wondered what you were singing about , " said Miss Brooks , departing . On the way back to the counter , Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to Katherine as if uncertain who she was . “If it's marked as ...
... . Then there was an inner ring of similar papers that had been unattended for weeks: at the centre of this was a large roll-top desk, covered with letters and typed sheets and catalogues , where Mr. Anstey sat . A telephone stood.
... weeks to you or me or anyone else , while the really important things go hang . " He made a theatrical gesture of ... week or so .... Well , it doesn't do to stop and think . That way madness lies , as whatyoucall says . All I can do ...
... week ago she had been waiting anxiously for a reply. And it had come—not from Jane, which was understandable in the circumstances, but from Mrs. Fennel, written on the same notepaper that Robin had used, with the house and the village ...
... week , none of this seemed very important : it was only when there had been nothing else in her life at all that it made her desperate . Now , when she could not help feeling that in a matter of weeks , perhaps , all might be altered ...