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Excerpt: ...hands. They needed little explanation. Rarely Margaret spoke of her present life, and then with irony, as if an inner and unsentimental honesty compelled utterance: "You see," she remarked once when her husband called her, "we dress for dinner because when we started in New York we belonged to the dining-out class. If we didnt keep up the habit, we should lose our self-respect.... My neck is thin and I dont look well in evening dress. But that makes no matter.... We have prayers on Sunday morning; religion is part of the substantial life...". Conny had said once, hearing Margaret rail like this: "She ought to make a better bluff, or get out, -not guy old Larry like that; it isnt decent, embarrasses one so. You cant guy him, too...". But Falkner understood how the acid of her daily life eating into her had touched, at these times, a sensitive nerve and compelled such self-revelations. It was Falkner who first spoke to the Poles about Dr. Renault. In some way he had heard of the surgeon and learned of the wonderful things he had done. "Anyhow it is worth while seeing him. It is best to try everything." "Yes," Margaret assented quickly; "I shall not give up-never " Through a doctor whom he knew Falkner arranged the visit to the surgeon, who was difficult of access. And he went in the evening after the visit to learn the result. "He thinks there is a chance " and Margaret added more slowly: "It is a great risk. I supposed it must be so." "You will take it?" "I think," she said slowly, "that Ned would want me to. You see he is like me. It may accomplish nothing, Dr. Renault said. It may be partially successful.... Or it may be-fatal. He was very kind, -spent all the afternoon here. I liked him immensely; he was so direct. "When will it be?" "Next week." The operation took place, and was not fatal. "Now we shall have to wait," the surgeon said to the mother, -"and hope It will be months before we shall know finally what is the result." "I...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153728348 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153728346 |
| Weight | 1.04 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 In |
| List Price | $26.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 320 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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