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Chapter 2

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The yard was quite dark as they turned into it and the (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)poplar(end superscript) leaves were rustling silkily all round it.

“Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,” she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. “What nice dreams they must have!”

Then, holding tightly to the carpetbag which contained “all her worldly goods” she followed him into the house

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TEXT ANNOTATION

"all her worldly goods": A reference to Christian marriage vows, but also a humorously melodramatic way to describe Anne's small carpetbag and accentuate how very alone she is in the world.