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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III BEGINNING at the beginning and learning from B the ground up was a long course for Bibbs at the sanitarium, with milk and zwieback as the basis of instruction; and the months were many and tiresome before he was considered near enough graduation to go for a walk leaning on a nurse and a cane. These and subsequent months saw the planning, the building, and the completion of the New House; and it was to that abode of Bigness that Bibbs was brought when the cane, without the nurse, was found sufficient to his support. Edith met him at the station. Well, well, Bibbs she said, as he came slowly through the gates, the last of all the travelers from that train. She gave his hand a brisk little shake, averting her eyes after a quick glance at him, and turning at once toward the passage to the street. Do you think they ought to 've let you come? You certainly don't look well But I certainly do look better, he returned, in a voice as slow as his gait; a drawl that was a necessity, for when Bibbs tried to speak quickly he stammered. Up to about a month ago it took two people to see me. They had to get me in a line between 'em Edith did not turn her eyes directly toward himagain, after her first quick glance; and her expression, in spite of her, showed a faint, troubled distaste, the look of a healthy person pressed by some obligation of business to visit a bad ward in a hospital. She was nineteen, fair and slim, with small, unequal features, but a prettiness of color and a brilliancy of eyes that created a total impression close upon beauty. Her movements were eager and restless: there was something about her, as kind old ladies say, that was very sweet; and there was something that was hurried and breathless. This was new to Bibbs; it was a perceptible...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217111270 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217111270 |
| Weight | 0.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 230 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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