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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... seemed to find him a standing joke — even to like him while agreeing he was quite impossible , as if cursing the weather . But she had disliked him on sight , and as she got to know him better her dislike increased . She could never ...
... seemed to find him a standing joke — even to like him while agreeing he was quite impossible , as if cursing the weather . But she had disliked him on sight , and as she got to know him better her dislike increased . She could never ...
Page 160
... seemed disconcerted . Robin was very attentive to him . Perhaps by contrast , he seemed more boyish than usual ; he asked questions about fishing and the sports car that Jack Stormalong answered with good - humoured superiority , as if ...
... seemed disconcerted . Robin was very attentive to him . Perhaps by contrast , he seemed more boyish than usual ; he asked questions about fishing and the sports car that Jack Stormalong answered with good - humoured superiority , as if ...
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... seemed a separate thing at all , but merely a state of mind produced by living alone , living in England , and all the rest of it . She deeply hoped it was . There were times when it seemed a trivial and shallow depression . And there ...
... seemed a separate thing at all , but merely a state of mind produced by living alone , living in England , and all the rest of it . She deeply hoped it was . There were times when it seemed a trivial and shallow depression . And there ...
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