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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 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 feeling
She said with intense
feeling: `` Come near
, let me feel your arms
.
She used
to tell me
, `` When I stand
there and look at
the flag blowing this way
and that way
, I have
the wonderful
, safe
feeling that Americans are protected no matter which way
the wind blows ''
.
She walked
back to the house
and entered
, feeling herself returning
, sensing some kind
of opportunity in
the empty building
.
She stood up
, smoothing her hair down
, straightening her clothes
, feeling a thankfulness for
the enveloping darkness outside
, and, above everything else
, for
the absence
of the need
to answer
, to respond
, to be aware even
of Stowey coming in or going out
, and yet
, now
that she was beginning
to cook
, she glimpsed a future without him
, a future alone like this
, and the pain made her head writhe
, and in a moment she found it hard
to wait for Lucretia
to come with her guests
.
She knew she was
feeling afraid
and inwardly laughed at herself
.
She stood still over
the leg
of lamb
, rubbing herbs into it
, quite suddenly conscious
of a nausea in her stomach
and a
feeling of wrath
, a sensation
of violence
that started her shivering
.
She described herself as having
the same kind
of `` irresponsible ''
feeling as she
had once experienced
under hypnosis
.
She smiled
and bowed
, recalling
the princess-in-a-carriage
feeling she
had enjoyed when she was a child
.
She had changed into a cocktail dress
, and the whole evening should have been before her
, but already she was beginning
to get a tight
feeling at
the back of her neck
.
She wondered
, with a baffled
feeling of helplessness
.
She expressed reservations over
the eventual winner David Cameron
, feeling that he did not
, like
the other candidates
, have a proven track record
, and she was later a leading figure in parliamentary opposition
to his A-List policy
, which she has said is " an insult
to women ".
She wrote
of the Americans
, " The boy learns
to make advances
and rely upon
the girl
to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate
to the state
of feeling between
the pair ", as contrasted
to the British
, where "
the girl is reared
to depend upon a slight barrier
of chilliness ... which
the boys learn
to respect
, and for
the rest
to rely upon
the men
to approach or advance
, as warranted by
the situation
.
She reported
feeling streams
of a mysterious fluid running through her body
and was relieved
of her symptoms for several hours
.
She explained
that she
had been
feeling low in
the six months before her admission
.
She crossed into Pennsylvania with a
feeling of relief
and awe
, and recalled
the experience years later:
She later stated in an interview
, " I didn't want
to do Willow as someone who's
feeling sorry for herself
.
She initially rejects
the idea
of marriage
and romance
, feeling that it
would break up her family
and separate her from
the sisters she adores
.
She gives
the curious
feeling of being charged with power which can find no ordinary outlet
.
She once indicated
, " I am
to some extent influenced by them — not in any technical sense
, but in
the choice
of subject matter
and the feeling and atmosphere they could achieve
.
She is less distanced from
the family than Desire
, though
, and seems
to have some
feeling at least for Delirium
, and also seems
to miss Destruction so much
that she is able
to manipulate Dream into
feeling guilty over Destruction's abadoning
of his duty
.
She does not say much
, and consequently appears brusque
, but her speech at Morpheus ' wake in The Wake reveals her sympathy
and feeling for him
.
She was also
feeling socially excluded by
the other two members
, who
had ' been best friends a lot longer ',
and whom
, she says
, were ' no longer inviting her out with them '.
She loved cartoons as a child
and wanted
to be a voice actress from
the age
of eight
, but instead chose a " practical " career
, feeling she
would never
be able
to realize her ambition
.
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