Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 21, 2025
Her duties absorbed her, but a presiding thought mechanically jerked back her head from time to time: being the mute form of, 'Well, I never! in Conning's rank of life and intellectual capacity.
She could not understand everything, but her mother's secret, her growing fondness for the old man, her intense interest in Conning, all held her to her purpose. She, single-handed, would right the wrong and save them all alive! Then came Conning's breakdown and the possibility of his death or permanent disability.
Her duties absorbed her, but a presiding thought mechanically jerked back her head from time to time: being the mute form of, 'Well, I never! in Conning's rank of life and intellectual capacity.
She recalled, too, Conning's graphic description of his first meeting with Nella-Rose. The quaint, dramatic power that had marked Ann's mother, now developed in the little daughter. She had almost entirely lost the lingering manner of speech the Southern expressions and words but she was as different from the children with whom she mingled as she had ever been.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking