22-09-14 Lucy Mancini, a year after Sonnys death, still missed him terribly, grieved for him more fiercely than any lover in any romance. And her dreams were not the insipid dreams of a schoolgirl, her longings not the longings of a devoted wife. She was not...

21-02-24 The low-down, ornery liar! sputtered Bud Jessup, face flushed and eyes snapping. He told me to wait for them bolts if I had to stay here all day. I thought it was kinda funny hed let me waste all this time, but I didnt have no idea at all hed got me...

20-09-27 Jo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when her little sock fell down because it was crammed so full of goodies. Then sh...

20-09-16 Mrs Jo often thought that Dan had Indian blood in him, not only because of his love of a wild, wandering life, but his appearance; for as he grew up, this became more striking. At twenty-five he was very tall, with sinewy limbs, a keen, dark face, a...

14-06-11 Twenty years passed by, and my brother was still living with the Barmecide, looking after his house, and managing his affairs. At the end of that time his generous benefactor（恩人，施主） died without heirs, so all his possessions went to the princ...