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perhaps their strangeness was only natural.
it’s not
he took to leaving off the last letters of his surname to save time.
if I had a nickel for every time I read a book with a character who nicknamed themselves because they couldn’t be bothered to write their whole name I would have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice- right?
No one could dig like him.
dig by name dig by nature
He clipped some into low, sharp-edged hedges, let others grow shaggy and when they were broad enough, took his shears to them and made spheres. Some, he could see, wanted to be pyramids, cones, top hats.
edward scissorhands???
Perambulator
dictionary count: 10
I saw him again the next day.
her doctor maybe?
He reached into his car for his case,
either her doctor or a solicitor
There was something not right about them, everyone agreed,
that’s putting it lightly
They thought it was pure devilment
I’d be inclined to agree honestly
perambulator.
when was this fucking book set
Her eyes disappeared altogether above her fat moon cheeks,
why is she describing me
Merrily had a baby.
oh no something is about to go disasterously wrong
Emmeline and Adeline were besotted.
let me guess, they nick it with the baby in tow
‘My baby’s gone.’
knew it
They dragged the perambulator along the backs of the houses.
please let the baby be okay
There was a spark as metal screeched against stone, and the pram suddenly was speeding not downhill but through the air, flying into the sun, wheels upwards.
oh my god oh my god
The game was over. It was time to go home.
okay but the baby ?????
cessation
dictionary count: 11
amanuensis.’
dictionary count: 12
I fear this book may be too smart for me
‘You are Miss Winter’s doctor, I suppose?’ ‘I am.’
knew it
‘The thirteenth tale . . .? I don’t suppose . . .’
man the woman is fighting questions from every direction
The fact that the baby, when it was found, was discovered to be none the worse for its temporary disappearance, was beside the point.
oh thank god
You could see it in his eyes: dark brown and very shiny, like birds’ eyes,
freaky deaky
whose religion forbade her to believe ill of anyone,
I doubt there is a religion of such acceptance but go off
‘My wolf,’
inside us there are two wolves
He had problems.
undestatement of the century I fear
‘Yes, a woman, slightly built, there on the chaise longue. She heard the piano and rose up and—’
oooooo a ghost???
Charlie continued to stare at the open gates for three, four, five seconds.
I fear Charlie isn’t worried for his sister but worried for what she may reveal
‘You will come back, won’t you?’
aw
almanacs.
dictionary count: 13
his date of birth;
I beg you give me some indication for a time setting
with his death the paper trail for Isabelle came to an end.
before the time of the interwebs then
though there was no proof and no body.
im being so serious if it turns out Charles is an ancestor of hers… grandfather, or great grandfather maybe.
was probably caused by an accident.
excuse my raging doubt, will you
uttered by a man who was not even real.
maybe he had been real and just quit, after the old crony broke his soul
‘Some old ruin
Obviously the house, right?
graceful curve widening into a shell-like curl at its base. A kind of fancy, upside-down apostrophe.
almost like a Q, maybe???
I was sorry for her. Pictures through glass never come out. I know. I’ve tried.
except this time I bet
The giant danced back towards me, bent down and picked me up.
I truly am so confused
‘Quite so! A giant.’
is this like some coma dream I’m so confused
effigies
dictionary count: 14
laconic
dictionary count: 15
Much loved mother
was she though
Hester
such an ugly name
In our separate ways
the shift from third person to first person is a welcome change
brougham.
dictionary count: 16
With soap and with bleach, with energy and with determination, she imposed hygiene on that house.
hester the domestic goddess
and I educate them by telling stories.’
where Vida learned it from I guess
And sometimes the mist thins, and sometimes the mist clears, and another Adeline appears. And then the mist returns and she is as before.’
does she think she’s possessed lmfao
Hester had caught herself out.
what am I missing ???
