The Winds Of Heaven
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"Why didn't Mother tell us this herself?" Anne asked petulantly. "She should have told us herself."
"She asked me to tell you. She wanted me to tell you that she would not be a worry to you any more. She wanted me to say how grateful she is for the affection and care you've shown since things have been so difficult for her. She spoke so nicely of you all, and then fell asleep, smiling. It was very sweet/'
They sat in silence. He twisted his hands, and then said shyly: "I want to thank you, too, for all you've done. You have been good to her." He waited for them to speak, but the sisters bent their heads and would not look at each other.
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few friends that remain to her. From a predicament growing always more intolerable and one which is unfortunately true to contemporary life,
Louise is finally able to find content-
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ment and a happiness she thought she had lost. Miss Dickens has skillfully blended sympathy, wit, and understanding in a charming novel of our times.
THE AUTHOR
Monica Dickens was born in London and now lives on Cape Cod. She is the wife of a commander in the United States Navy, and is the great granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Among her previous novels are The Happy Prisoner and The Nightingales Are Singing.
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