Fellow Passengers: A Novel in PortraitsSecrets, foibles, and ironies expose the Establishment in this subtle novel of society matrons and dilettantes, of debutante parties and contested wills. Auchincloss reveals his gallery of portraits with style and wit. |
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Page 152
... Ann Perry , a young teacher at Miss Bowden's Classes , who comes to read to me and sometimes stays to have supper with us . But will he do more than indulge in charming persiflage with her ? No ! And yet she finds him so delightful , so ...
... Ann Perry , a young teacher at Miss Bowden's Classes , who comes to read to me and sometimes stays to have supper with us . But will he do more than indulge in charming persiflage with her ? No ! And yet she finds him so delightful , so ...
Page 155
... Ann Perry came here . A quiet little girl who didn't expect anything from anybody . Yet with a mind and a character of her own . And it suddenly seemed to me that she might be the answer I had been looking for ! That I could offer her ...
... Ann Perry came here . A quiet little girl who didn't expect anything from anybody . Yet with a mind and a character of her own . And it suddenly seemed to me that she might be the answer I had been looking for ! That I could offer her ...
Page 157
... Ann Perry was diminutive and brunette , with a plain but unobjectionable round face that one could imagine warm- ing into something like prettiness under the right condi- tions , which Clem was presumably going to provide . But I had ...
... Ann Perry was diminutive and brunette , with a plain but unobjectionable round face that one could imagine warm- ing into something like prettiness under the right condi- tions , which Clem was presumably going to provide . But I had ...
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