If she, Pamela, were being held responsible for his crimes, then hers must be the final act of expiation.

One girl describes her past, her succession of broken marriages, the abortions she has had and finally confesses that she loves sex and sees no reason why she must justify her passion.

Miriam said that she must be assured that `` that other woman, Olga, will not be in luxury while I am scraping along ''.

From the outset, she must have realized that marriage with him was out of the question, and although she was displeased by the `` unwarrantable '' interference, it seems probable that she did agree with her mother's suggestion that the poet was `` perhaps '' a man `` most fitted to live & die solitary, & in the love only of the Highest Lover ''.

Nevertheless, Mrs. Lewis was still solicitous of his condition: let him do as he wished, let him sleep with chambermaids if he must, but, she begged Blackman, try to keep him from drinking a great deal and bring him back in good health.

His Mary would be slender of limb and delicate of proportion, yet she must hold this full-grown man as securely and convincingly as she would a child.

No, she would not pretend modesty, but neither must she be crudely bold.

Show her the new swimming pool and she would say, slapping her ankle, `` I suppose this must be where you breed your gigantic mosquitoes ''.

Her hair was dyed, and her bloom was fading, and she must have been crowding forty, but she seemed to be one of those women who cling to the manners and graces of a pretty child of eight.

She had surprised Hans like she had surprised me when she said she'd go, and then she surprised him again when she came back so quick like she must have, because when I came in with the snow she was there with a bottle with three white feathers on its label and Hans was holding it angrily by the throat.

The first time I saw the latter filly she trotted by me and I noticed such a family resemblance that I said to myself, `` that must be Hickory Ash ''.

He might tell her how sorry a spectacle she was making of herself, pretending to be blind to the way Julia Fortune had taken Dean's affections from her.

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 regarded them as signs that she was nearing the glen she sought, and she was glad to at last be doing something positive in her unenunciated, undefined struggle with the mountain and its darkling inhabitants.

And even with her limited knowledge of such things, she knew that the car could be repaired there ; ;

Otherwise, she would be baited into a tantrum -- teased and provoked until she lost control of herself, and thus lost still another battle in the maddening struggle of Tom Lord Vs. Joyce Lakewood.

And she really tried to go a step further and say she hoped they'd be just as right as they now were for her and for Rod.

or maybe she liked men old enough to be her father ; ;

Mary Jane might not be the most intelligent woman, but she was one of the most determined.

When he awoke in the mornings, she was in his mind and he could hardly wait to get to school to be near her in the flesh.

That should do it, he thought, because Miss Langford had said she was going to be strict about school work.

As she goes, she herself will be illuminated.

she cherished rare and delicate plants like oleanders in tubs and wall-flowers and lemon verbenas in pots that had to be wintered in the cellar ; ;

It was, of course, a little boy's fantasy of winning his mother to himself, and replacing the father who could not give her the things she wanted -- a classical oedipal fantasy if you like -- but if it were only this the story would be banal.

For Rachel, conceded to be the prettiest of the Szold girls -- and she did make a pretty picture sitting in the grape-arbor strumming her guitar and singing in her silvery tones -- there was no particular March counterpart ; ;

In the Lienzo de Tlaxcala ( History of Tlaxcala ), for example, not only is Cortés rarely portrayed without Malinche poised by his ear, but she is shown at times on her own, seemingly directing events as an independent authority.

While reporting various unsavoury hearsay, the ancient sources generally portray Livia ( Julia Augusta ) as a woman of proud and queenly attributes, faithful to her imperial husband, for whom she was a worthy consort, forever poised and dignified.

In 1689, when she realized that power was slipping from her hands, she attempted to raise another riot, speculating that the Naryshkins had destroyed Ivan's crown and were poised to set his room on fire.

She is attended by two ladies-in-waiting, or meninas: doña Isabel de Velasco ( 2 ), who is poised to curtsy to the princess, and doña María Agustina Sarmiento de Sotomayor ( 3 ), who kneels before Margarita, offering her a drink from a red cup, or bucaro, that she holds on a golden tray.

Although seemingly calm and poised in public, deferring to her teachers ' authority, B-ko is haughty and goes to great lengths to get what she wants.

It was her first experience of public speaking and she appeared poised and confident.

Manning seemed to be poised for a career as an artist, but she had meanwhile continued her interest in literature, and at the age of twenty determined instead to be writer.

U. S. Representative Cynthia McKinney, speaking on September 24, acknowledged that " We must find and hold accountable all those who perpetrated those most terrible crimes against our nation and its people ," but denounced what she saw as impending " suspensions of fundamental civil liberties " and said that she was " greatly concerned that we are about to engage in an extremely hazardous military campaign of unknown duration, with unrealistic objectives and perhaps even ultimately harmful long-term consequences for our nation ," adding, " Already there is growing disquiet in the Muslim world that the U. S. is poised to turn its terrorist campaign into a war against Islam.

Bertha Palmer was unusually poised for one so young and together, the Palmers re-established their fortune and despite her age, she quickly rose to the top of Chicago society.

Star student Maureen ( Susan May Pratt ), a closet bulimic who seems poised for success, discovers that life is passing her by when she meets a pre-med student who shows her life without ballet.

In her right hand, she is holding a sword poised and ready to battle, if she must.

In 1942, RKO picked up the contract of the poised actress and she received a leading lady role in Highways by Night ( 1942 ).

Just as Harris appeared poised to join the first ranks of Broadway stars, she stopped appearing on stage after The Apple Tree, except for the off-Broadway first American production of Brecht and Weill's Mahagonny in 1970, in which she played the role of Jenny, originally created by Lotte Lenya.

Priya Tanna, Editor Vogue India wrote: " That she is stylish, enigmatic, and poised is known, but at the shoot we saw another side of her.

Helene Foellinger was 70, and there was no family member poised to take over The News-Sentinel, in 1980, when she sold News Publishing, along with the 55 % share of Fort Wayne Newspapers, to Knight-Ridder in 1980.

After winning the 1999 NCAA 200m title and finishing second to Marion Jones at the U. S. Championships, Jenkins was poised to make her mark on the international scene, but a collapsed lung she suffered on the flight to the 1999 World University Games forced her to with withdraw from that meet as well as the World Championships.

After amassing her own media empire and marshaling all her forces against him, she stands poised to destroy Russell on the eve of his most dazzling triumph.