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Chapter 13 - (VERSO)

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thought that wouldn’t be any drawback. Gossip said Althea had been pretty bossy. I don’t know. Maybe it was so.

“Can’t you suggest something, Rosanna?” he implored. “You’ve helped us so far, and I’ll never forget it.”

“The only thing I can’t [sic] think of is for you to have the license ready, and speak to Mr. Leonard, and keep an eye on our ventilator,” I said. “I’ll watch here and signal whenever there’s an opening.”

Well, I watched and Stephen watched, and Mr. Leonard was in the plot, too. Prissy was always a favorite of his, and he hadn’t any love would have been more than human, saint as he is, if he’d had any love


TEXT ANNOTATION

From "The Courting of Prissy Strong."

TEXT ANNOTATION

"can't": another word circled in pencil. This time, the word does need editing. It should say, and it does say in the published version, "The only thing I can think of is for you to have the license ready."