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Mrs. Caliban

Book by Rachel Ingalls · 3 quotes · Apron, Body, Boys

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“I bitterly resent all that wasted time. And what I resent most of all is that the ones I did get never, never looked like the Greek statues.” “The Greek-statue types may have been too busy going out with other boys to notice you.”

Boys Greek

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“She looked over to where he was, seated at the other end of the kitchen table in the light which, since his arrival, she had blocked by curtains because of his sensitive eyes. He concentrated on polishing spoons with a silver cloth: six teaspoons from a great-aunt. One leg was slung over the other, which would have looked strange enough, but he was also wearing a flowered apron fastened around his waist, and it contrasted stunningly with his large, muscular green body, his nobly massive head. Dorothy thought he looked, as always, wonderful.”

Body Green Spoons Apron Polishing

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“Still, people would notice a man with a green head. I guess I should get you a wig.” “Good. I think I’ll try a different colour every night.”

Wig

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