| Actions and Reactions Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798674298908 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6" W x 9" (0.56 lbs) 168 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerptchuckled to see them. The motives that swayed the characters were beyond their comprehension; the fates that shifted them were gods they had never met; the sidelights Mrs. Cloke threw on act and incident were more amazing than anything in the record. Therefore the Chapins listened delightedly, and blessed Mrs. Shonts."But why--why--why--did So-and-so do so-and-so?" Sophie would demand from her seat by the pothook; and Mrs. Cloke would answer, smoothing her knees, "For the sake of the place.""I give it up," said George one night in their own room. "People don't seem to matter in this country compared to the places they live in. The way she tells it, Friars Pardon was a sort of Moloch.""Poor old thing " They had been walking round the farms as usual before tea. "No wonder they loved it. Think of the sacrifices they made for it. Jane Elphick married the younger Torrell to keep it in the family. The octagonal room with the moulded ceiling next to the big bedroom was hers. Now what did he t |