Neil Flashcards
1
Q
Dogs
A
But if we were dogs, she’d treat us better than she does. Aren’t the kennels at the big house bigger than our hut?
2
Q
Side
A
No Calum, we’re not on any side.
3
Q
Dignity
A
Neil’s dignity and composure, proper to a sea captain, crumbled into the abjectness of a peasant.
4
Q
Lifetime
A
A lifetime of frightened submissiveness held it down.
5
Q
Stooped
A
How stooped and contorted Neil was then by rheumatism and dismay: it was as if, by some terrible penance, he was striving to become in shape like his brother.
6
Q
Surrender
A
A man can only surrender so far.
7
Q
Servants
A
We are not her servants,
