Mary E. Wilkins

Name: A New England Nun and Other Stories — A Discovered Pearl
Author: Mary E. Wilkins

A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

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“A New England Nun and Other Stories — A Discovered Pearl”, published in 1920, is a work by Mary E. Wilkins. It explores elements such as Marlow, Lucy and bastin.

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ There was a little yellow stand with pots of geranium and heliotrope on it. Take a step forward, and there was an old man warming his feet at an air-tight stove.
"Here's somebody come to see us, father," said Lucy.
The old man shrank back. He ignored Marlow, who held out his hand, and mumbled something. "I dun know who 'tis," he said, turning to his daughter.
"Why, it's Mr. Marlow, father—Gilman Marlow. He used to live next door—don't you know?"
"'Tain't, nuther; he's dead." The old man set his lips together like a child.
"Yes, father, old Mr. Marlow's dead; he died three years ago. ”

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ I haven't thought much about Christmas lately. Folks make a great deal more account of it than they used to, anyhow."
"Yes, they do."
The two front windows of the small house in the next lot were golden with light. Some green plants showed in them; the white curtains were drawn only over the upper sashes.
Lucy turned into the gate. As she did so she glanced around at Marlow, and noticed for the first time how he limped. "Why, you're lame," she said. ”

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ His father, dead, became to him a more certain possessor than if living. He saw his father's coat and hat hanging on a peg in the kitchen, and he turned away like a culprit.
After a little he went out in the storm again. He thought he might as well see the man who Lucy had told him had charge of the estate. His name was Nelson; he was one of the selectmen. Marlow had to pass the church and the graveyard to reach his house. The evergreen branches hung lower than ever; the new snow-flakes softly bent down the long slim sprays of the graveyard bushes until they lay on the ground ”

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ The woman gave a little cry. "The hospital!"
"Yes."
"Let me help you up the steps."
"You!"
"I'm real strong."
"Oh, I can get up the steps well enough. It ain't very bad now; I've got kind of used to it. I'd feel lonesome without it, you know. Well, it's better to have an ache stick to you than nothin', I s'pose." Marlow chuckled feebly.
Lucy opened the outer door, then an inner one. The entry was so small that she had to step out of it into the room before her guest could enter at all. There came a rush of warm air, sweet with heliotrope and oleander, and pungent with geraniums. ”

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ She picked up the dress, and looked at him and Marlow.
"I ain't done nothin' but set him pickin' out a few bastin's," said the old man, defiantly. "He might jest as well be workin' as me."
"Oh, father, you hadn't ought to!"
"I didn't mind," said Marlow, stupidly.
"Father's real feeble and childish," Lucy whispered, when she and her guest were in the other room. "I set him pickin' out bastin's to keep him contented. He frets about doin' it, but he likes it. He's just as uneasy as he can be if he gets out of work."
"It's a great deal better for him, I should think," Marlow assented. ”

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ Marlow."
"What air you a-makin' tea for him for?" There was no reply. "What is she a-makin' tea for you for?" asked the old man of Marlow.
"I don't know."
"She never makes any for me this time o' night. 'Twouldn't do me no harm, nuther, a cup on't warm afore I went to bed." Suddenly the old man caught up the brown cashmere on his lap and threw it over to Marlow. "There," said he, "you kin pick the bastin's out o' that while you're settin'. I've got to pick 'em out of the waist on't."
Marlow looked at the brown cashmere in bewilderment. "What?" ”

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Mary E. Wilkins, A New England Nun and Other Stories… (1920)

“ Well, s'pose some day—you know I've been round foreign countries an' on sea-shores a good deal—s'pose some day I'd come across a pearl caught into some sea-weeds, where I hadn't no idea of findin' it. ”

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