Briony Flashcards
(21 cards)
Arabella
A reckless passion of the heroine Arabella
Curtain
There was no curtain there was no possibility of a curtain
Dolls
Her straight backed dolls in their many roomed mansion
Secrets
Another was a passion for secrets
Harmonious
Her wish for a harmonious organised would denied her the reckless possibilities of wrongdoing
Cursory
Cursory journey
Reward
The latter a trade withheld until the final page
Story
In a story you only had to wish you only had to write it down
Wrong
How easy it was to get everything wrong completely wrong
Limits
Driven to push beyond her limits
Content
Absorbed and grimly content
Fairytale
This was not a fairytale this was the real adult world
Free
The writing could wait until I was free
Gold
Certain to win gold
Conscience
It was for herself for her own crime which her conscience could no longer bear
Child
Yes she was a child. But not every child sends a man to prison with a lie
Thoughts
She was the sort of girl who lived in her thoughts
Errors
Briony knee she had recently accumulated a string of errors
Sister Drummond
Her only relationship was sister Drummond
Sorry
She could hardly feel sorry for herself
Unforgivable
She would never undo the damage. She was unforgivable
