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Chapter 1 - (VERSO)

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[afrai]d of Emmeline. Prissy’s beauty soon faded. She was always kind of sweet-looking, but her bloom went, and she got shyer and limper every year of her life. She wouldn’t have dared put on her second best dress without asking Emmeline’s permission. She was real fond of cats, and Emmeline wouldn’t let her keep one. Emmeline even cut the serial out of the religious weekly she took before she would give it to Prissy, because she didn’t believe in reading novels. It used to make me furious to see it all. They were my next door neighbors after I married Thomas, and I was often in and out. Sometimes I’d feel real vexed at Prissy for giving in the way she did; but after all she couldn’t help it – she was born that way.


TEXT ANNOTATION


This page contains another snippet from "The Courting of Prissy Strong," like page 1 of the manuscript. This passage occurs two paragraphs later in the story than the material on the back of page 1.