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From: | Rose Lester |
Subject: | [Gallium-dev] koala zest |
Date: | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:33:44 -0500 |
These eyebrows drooped in monumental triangles,
like the manes oflittle lions. So, he said treacherously, were just amiable
acquaintancesagain; very polite. The walls were bookcases ofEnglish oak, with a
royal ransom in folios and illuminated choirbooks. They were close together in the
tiny car on this, their firstmammoth excursion.
Cant they stop a moment and get closer
together?
The trouble is that if I gave itup for marriage, Id
be ambitious then for my poor, driven husband.
You have a neighborly wild-western way of leaving
your door open. It was toward seven now, with no chance of the fog
clearing.
And Im ambitious; I want high academicrank, but
that I could moderate. He thought she looked disappointed when he talked vigorously,
andonly, of the Dodsworths new car.
They did not talk, andshe must again have slid into
sleep.
I have a lot to read, said the sturdy girl
fromProfessor Vintners class.
Ive become a cool scholar, notbad, and thats how I
want to stay.
He dutifully inquired, But do you think wed better
be starting?
The stone markers were only darker blurs in a
general dark driftinggray. Lets discover the wonder of Venice together! This fog may
keep uptill morning, and if we stayed in the car, wed about freeze.
I know, but good God, you cant just sit around all
DAY! He was blind in the fog, andhe had to keep going or slide back. As she leaned
to a curve, Olivias shoulder touched his, and hefound that she was rigid. They had
reached some kind of a fair-sized building, with a blessedwide parking space.
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