Frank Norris

Name: McTeague — Chapter 14
Author: Frank Norris

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“McTeague — Chapter 14”, published in 1899, is a work by Frank Norris. It explores elements such as Trina, McTeague and dentist.

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ Everything went--everything but the few big pieces that went with the suite, and that belonged to the photographer. The melodeon, the chairs, the black walnut table before which they were married, the extension table in the sitting-room, the kitchen table with its oilcloth cover, the framed lithographs from the English illustrated papers, the very carpets on the floors. But Trina's heart nearly broke when the kitchen utensils and furnishings began to go. Every pot, every stewpan, every knife and fork, was an old friend. ”

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ And for the rest of the day the dentist and his wife did not speak.
This was not the only quarrel they had during these days when they were occupied in moving from their suite and in looking for new quarters. Every hour the question of money came up. Trina had become more niggardly than ever since the loss of McTeague's practice. It was not mere economy with her now. It was a panic terror lest a fraction of a cent of her little savings should be touched; a passionate eagerness to continue to save in spite of all that had happened. ”

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ McTeague and Trina, whom Miss Baker had invited to her room for that day, sat there side by side, holding each other's hands, listening nervously to the turmoil that rose to them from the direction of their suite. From nine o'clock till dark the crowds came and went. All Polk Street seemed to have invaded the suite, lured on by the red flag that waved from the front windows. It was a fete, a veritable holiday, for the whole neighborhood. People with no thought of buying presented themselves. ”

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ Some one else would have it all, while she was relegated to cheap restaurants and meals cooked by hired servants. Night after night she sobbed herself to sleep at the thought of her past happiness and her present wretchedness. However, she was not alone in her unhappiness.
"Anyhow, I'm going to keep the steel engraving an' the stone pug dog," declared the dentist, his fist clenching. ”

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ Young women--the candy-store girls and florist's apprentices--came to see the fun, walking arm in arm from room to room, making jokes about the pretty lithographs and mimicking the picture of the two little girls saying their prayers. ”

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ There were, however, two of his belongings that even Trina could not induce him to part with.
"And your concertina, Mac," she prompted, as they were making out the list for the second-hand dealer. "The concertina, and--oh, yes, the canary and the bird cage."
"No."
"Mac, you MUST be reasonable. The concertina would bring quite a sum, and the bird cage is as good as new. I'll sell the canary to the bird-store man on Kearney Street."
"No."
"If you're going to make objections to every single thing, we might as well quit. Come, now, Mac, the concertina and the bird cage. ”

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Frank Norris, McTeague — Chapter 14 (1899)

“ It was knocked down for three dollars and a half. The German shoe-maker on the next block bought the stone pug dog. I saw our postman going away with a lot of the pictures. Zerkow has come, on my word! the rags-bottles-sacks man; he's buying lots; he bought all Doctor McTeague's gold tape and some of the instruments. Maria's there too. That dentist on the corner took the dental engine, and wanted to get the sign, the big gold tooth," and so on and so on. Cruelest of all, however, at least to Trina, was when Miss Baker herself began to buy, unable to resist a bargain. ”

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