LIFE OF AUGIE MARCH
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know about the stealing. And in a way, because that was her schooling
temperament, I suspect she was pleased that I should see where it
led to give your affections too easily. But Mama, the prime example
of this weakness, was horrified. Against the old lady's authority, she
didn't dare to introduce a feeling during the hearing, but when she
took me into the kitchen to put a compress on me she nearsightedly
pored over my scratches, whispering and sighing to me, while Georgie
tottered around behind her, long and white, and Winnie lapped
water under the sink.
