And other mornings,she'd collie in like thunders-something obviously had gone wrong the night before with her and that man(Para 45)
And other mornings she'd enter the bank with a face like thunder,looking very upset and angry,and it was clear that sth unpleasant must have happened between her and her unofficial fiancé the previous night
And as time went by,I was just resigning myself to life without her-when the bank raid occurred.(Para 47)
As time passed,1 was gradually accepting the fact that I would never win her,the bank robbery happened. to resign oneself to sth.:to accept sth unpleasant and inevitable passively There was this stranger threatening the wonlan that I cared more than my own life for(Para 47)
There this stranger was threatening Nerys,the woman whom I cared for most in this world,even more than myself.
But,you see if I hadn't run at Vic like that,she might never have-Not that she's ever blamed me. She's never once ever-Never.(Para 49)
However,you know,that if I hadn't attacked Vie,she might never have been hurt.I don't mean that she has ever blamed me No,she’s never done that,not even once. Notice the frequent use of incomplete sentences in conversation They are incomplete for various reasons Sometimes there is a sudden change of subject Sometimes,the speaker needs to be subtle. Sometimes,the meaning is clear enough in the context One challenge to the reader's comprehension therefore is to be able to guess what the omitted words might be.
But if you are used all your life to people taking pleasure in looking at you,then it must be very hu-ful when they suddenly start instinctively looking away from you.(Para 51)
If you,in all your life,have been appreciated by other people because of your beauty,it is certain that you will feel great pain in finding that people now start to move their eyes away from your disfigured body,though you know they don't mean to. But,you see,if I looked away from h
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