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 68
... writing , although the exchange affected her no more than an interminable busi- ness correspondence , and after a while began trying to draw him out . She started writing only half her letters in English , and filling the other half ...
... writing , although the exchange affected her no more than an interminable busi- ness correspondence , and after a while began trying to draw him out . She started writing only half her letters in English , and filling the other half ...
Page 69
... writing to him much more interesting , and in any case she disliked failing in anything she attempted . So after these vain attempts , she gave it up . She got into the habit of leaving the familiar letter with the English stamp lying ...
... writing to him much more interesting , and in any case she disliked failing in anything she attempted . So after these vain attempts , she gave it up . She got into the habit of leaving the familiar letter with the English stamp lying ...
Page 132
... writers ? " " Yes , about writers , " said Katherine . Jane , after much warning and preliminary inquiries , managed to ask what English writers Katherine liked the best . Obviously she was doing her level best to stand her ground ...
... writers ? " " Yes , about writers , " said Katherine . Jane , after much warning and preliminary inquiries , managed to ask what English writers Katherine liked the best . Obviously she was doing her level best to stand her ground ...
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