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Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch meeting? | Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne |
"You do not comprehend?" he said. "Not I," I replied | The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allen Poe |
And yet she had loved him -- sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter! | The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin |
Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. | The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
The sound of an approaching train awoke him, and he started to his feet, remembering only his resolution... | Paul's Case Willa Cather |
It did not take her long to establish the truth of the matter. | The Metamorphosis Franz Kakfa |
And he lay dead, his mother heard her brothers voice saying to her: | The Rocking Horse Winner D.H. Lawrence |
Light flashed on her closed eyelids, and a deep roaring shook her. | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter |
You decline to answer that Mr. Snopes? | Barn Burning William Faulkner |
The woman brought two glasses of beer and two felt pads. | Hills like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway |
"I think we ought to start over," Mrs Hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. | The Lottery Shirley Jackson |
"She would have been a good woman," The Misfit said, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of life." | A Good Man is Hard to Find Flannery O'Connor |
Lengel sighs and begins to look very patient and old and gray. | A&P John Updike |
From here on in, many things can happen. But the main on will be this: you decide not to go to law school after all. | How to Become a Writer Loorie Moore |