Loving and GivingIn 1914, when Nicandra is eight, all is well in the grand Irish estate of Deer Forest. Maman is beautiful and adored. Dada, silent and small, mooches contendedly around the stables. Aunt Tossie, of the giant heart and bosom, is widowed but looks splendid in weeds. The butler, the groom, the landsteward, the maids, the men--each has a place and knows it. Then, astonishingly, the perfect surface is shattered: Maman does something too dreadful ever to be spoken of. "What next? Who to love?" asks Nicaranda. And through her growing up and marriage her answer is to swamp those around her with kindness--while gradually the great house crumbles under a weight of manners and misunderstanding. |
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... Fox - Collier ? " he asked . " They're trying to sell Deer Forest . Did you know ? " " Only a rumour . Someone said their buyer had run out . " " I wouldn't know . I hope so . " " Are you going to stay there and starve ? " he asked ...
... Fox - Collier ? " he asked . " They're trying to sell Deer Forest . Did you know ? " " Only a rumour . Someone said their buyer had run out . " " I wouldn't know . I hope so . " " Are you going to stay there and starve ? " he asked ...
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... Fox - Collier's little indiscretions were among them , whether these concerned the refreshing little drinks he never counted , or the sheets he brought Madge to wash and boil . He could keep quiet and make allow- ances . All went into ...
... Fox - Collier's little indiscretions were among them , whether these concerned the refreshing little drinks he never counted , or the sheets he brought Madge to wash and boil . He could keep quiet and make allow- ances . All went into ...
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... Fox - Collier's night things ? She must be in bed before the doctor comes . " She could see Aunt Tossie stiffen in her chair . She could see a look exchanged , reassuring on Willie's side , reassurance verging on conspiracy . Aunt ...
... Fox - Collier's night things ? She must be in bed before the doctor comes . " She could see Aunt Tossie stiffen in her chair . She could see a look exchanged , reassuring on Willie's side , reassurance verging on conspiracy . Aunt ...
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