A Girl in Winter: A NovelThe story of a fateful winter day in the life of a European woman who has fled to England during WW II. |
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Page 94
... seemed simultaneously to lift up at them from the ground and to press down on their heads and shoulders . Robin appeared to straighten himself against it , looking round at the trees that ascended on all sides towards the sky . He looked ...
... seemed simultaneously to lift up at them from the ground and to press down on their heads and shoulders . Robin appeared to straighten himself against it , looking round at the trees that ascended on all sides towards the sky . He looked ...
Page 105
... looked round at the noise . " What- she began . “ Oh , glory . " She started to laugh , and once she had started seemed unable to stop . When she laughed , she resembled Robin much more and was , therefore , better - looking : the ...
... looked round at the noise . " What- she began . “ Oh , glory . " She started to laugh , and once she had started seemed unable to stop . When she laughed , she resembled Robin much more and was , therefore , better - looking : the ...
Page 193
... look as if she had ever been pretty , she still kept a gaucheness of manner that would have been suitable only in a very young girl . It made her laughable . Left alone , Katherine looked round . Sometimes , when her own attic depressed ...
... look as if she had ever been pretty , she still kept a gaucheness of manner that would have been suitable only in a very young girl . It made her laughable . Left alone , Katherine looked round . Sometimes , when her own attic depressed ...
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