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She and had
She had reached
a point at which she didn't even care how she looked
.
She stared at him
, her eyes wide
as she thought about what he
had said ; ;
She had helped him change his mind
.
She said
, and her tone
had softened until it was almost friendly
.
She had picked up
the quirt and was twirling it around her wrist and smiling at him
.
She had offered to walk
, but Pamela knew she would not feel comfortable about her child until she
had personally confided her to
the care
of the little pink woman who chose to be called `` Auntie ''
.
She seemed to have come such
a long distance -- too far for her destination which
had wilfully
been swallowed up
in the greedy gloom
of the trees
.
She had the feeling
that, under
the mouldering leaves
, there would be
the bodies
of dead animals
, quietly decaying and giving their soil back to
the mountain
.
She had to get away from here before this demoniac possession swallowed up
the liquid
of her eyes and sank into
the fibers
of her brain
, depriving her
of reason and sight
.
She had been snared here by
a vile sensuality
that writhed around her throat
in ever-tightening circles
.
She had to escape
.
She had to move
in some direction -- any direction
that would take her away from this evil place
.
She wondered what
had taken place
in town
, between him and his wife
.
She had spent too many hours looking ahead
, hoping and longing to catch even
a glimpse
of Dan and finding nothing but emptiness
.
She had arrived this morning and come straight to
the English Gardens
.
She had retreated to this world
.
She had touched her face
, truly
a noble and pure face
, only with
a lip salve which
made her lips glisten but no redder than usual
.
She had hated
the whole idea before they started
.
She had jumped away from his shy touch like
a cat confronted by
a sidewinder
.
She had driven up with her husband
in a convertible with Eastern license plates
, although
the two drivers knew nothing at
the moment about
that.
She might have
been someone he
had once loved
.
She began to watch
a blonde-haired man
, also
in shorts
, standing right at
the rear
of the wrecked car
in the one spot
that most
of the crowd
had detoured slightly
.
She was sitting on
the edge
of the bed again
, back
in the same position where
the snake
had found her
.
She had the opportunity
that few clever women can resist
, of showing her superiority
in argument over
a man
.
She and been
She has rarely
been photographed with him and
, except for Carl's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration
in Chicago
in 1953
, she has not attended
the dozens
of banquets
, functions
, public appearances
, and dinners honoring him -- all
of this upon her insistence
.
She wrote
in her journal
, `` I have not heard
the least profane language since I have
been on board
the vessel
.
She was
the opposite
of everything she should have
been --
a positive pole
in a negative home
, a living reaction
of warmth and kindness to
the harsh reality
of her father
.
She had been picked up by
the Russians
, questioned
in connection with
some pamphlets
, sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage
.
She had been one
of the first to collect her wits
.
She was forty-nine at this time
, a lanky woman
of breeding with an austere
, narrow face which
had the distinction
of a steeple or
some architecture
that had been designed long ago for
a stubborn sort
of prayer
.
She was such
a well-rounded teenager
, having
been a twirler
, Future Farmers sweetheart
, and secretary
of Future Homemakers
.
She was going to tell Bobby Joe about how mistaken she
had been, but he brought one
of the cousins home for supper
, and all they did was talk about antelope
.
She always let it be known
that there was wine
in the pot roast or
that the chicken
had been marinated
in brandy
, and
that Koussevitzky's second cousin was an intimate
of theirs
.
She looked confused at this
, and I felt sure it
had been a wrong response for me to make
.
She clearly agreed
that this
had been the case
.
She did not go so far
as to say
, as was done on other occasions
, that Abstraction
as well
as Impressionism were
a Russian invention
that had been discarded
as unwanted by
the people
of the U.S.S.R.
She has
been acting
as a prostitute
.
She teamed up with another beauty
, whose
name has
been lost to history
, and commenced with
some fiddling
that would have
made Nero envious
.
She would have
been taking more than
a fair risk
of being seen and recognized during her travels
.
She replied
, `` I know
of one man
that has not
been friendly with him
.
She noted
that no student
had been withdrawn through loss
of confidence ; ;
She was closing and within one more bound would have
been able to reach
the rear end
of the bay
, but -- and here Jones and Loveless and Ulyate were holding breath for all they were worth -- she never quite caught up
that last bound
.
She knew
that I lived at
a good address on
the Gold Coast
, that I
had once
been a medical student and was thinking
of returning to
the university to finish my medical studies
.
She musta
been walking
in her sleep -- you seen her yourself
in here ''
.
She could easily understand why
the two men
had been startled to find
a strange girl
in the back seat
of their car ( she
had figured
that out )
, but she couldn't understand their subsequent actions
.
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