Chapter 1 Quotes Flashcards by Hannah Webb | Brainscape

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The parents call for Uma

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‘Uma! Uma!… É, Uma!’

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The pigeons sit

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Conversing tenderly

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Papa’s demanding and confusion

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‘Shawl? Shawl?’

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Papa’s objection to posting the present

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‘Very costly, too costly’

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Uma’s reaction to shawls conversation

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Flounces

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MamaPapa rarely…

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…spoke of a time when they were not one

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The stories they tell

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Mama said… Papa said… Papa said

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Papa’s stories…

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Tended to be painful

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Mama’s had to do with…

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Food - mostly sweets - and family

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Having … They gained so much …

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Fused into one … In stature, in authority

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Their … Existence

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Siamese twin

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Mama’s changing - her manner… Her eyes…

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Became flirtatious, girlish

Gleamed with mischief

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Mama … Her daughters

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Swatted at

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Every gesture and…

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Grimace adding to the carapace of his authority

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Mama sat as if…

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Stunned by his success, his prowess

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Child Uma’s response to mama’s orders

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Uma ran.

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The success…

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Of his joke measured according to the amount of discomfort it caused others

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After a joke he seemed…

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Physically to gain in stature

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Shaken by what he saw as…

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A possible challenge to his status

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Papa’s chosen role was … Mama’s …

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Scowling, scolding

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Since every adult…

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Had to have a role