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By slow degrees the wilful, high-spirited child gradually became a frightened, nervous creature, who did as she was bidden with a painful readiness. |
Pado wrote: |
(Wonder why it's OK for Bill to be sarcastic but not Grizel?) |
Jennie wrote: |
Yet one of the things that strikes me is that Grizel is in fact no more stupid and disobedient than Jo is as a schoolgirl. so Grizel went to the Falls when she had been forbidden to do so. Jo deliberately sneaked out of school to go to the ice carnival, had an accident, and had to be looked after. So why could Jo be forgiven for her disobedience when Grizel couldn't be? |
Kathy_S wrote: |
And it's not clear to me why she'd be more patient teaching P.T. than music! (Of course in my experience, impatience went with the territory among phys ed teachers. At least when it came to total klutzes like myself.) |
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ellend wrote: |
I agree that Grizel would have had the opportunity to leave the school during the war years and undertaken war work, but during Gay Madge and Nell say they don't want her to go as they are worried about what she'd do. Thinking about it now, I wonder if they they Grizel would go into self-destruct mode either drinking or sexual activities that would ultimately confirm her sense of worthless. |
Nicci wrote: |
Which is why, I proclaim widely and loudly, Neil Sheppard is an absolute darling. And frankly, I don't care what kind of coincidence it takes to get them together. From the moment he meets her on the boat, he is so sensitive and caring, without knowing the first thing about her - and its probably the first time that anyone has ever treated Grizel in this way - usually people either don't like her or pity her because of her experiences. |
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