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the Blackwoods were never much of a family for restlessness and stirring. p1

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Merricat

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Fridays and Tuesdays were terrible days, because I had to go into the village. p1

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Merricat

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Stella would see me pass if I did not go in, and perhaps think I was afraid, and that thought I could not endure. p2

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Merricat assuming the thoughts of a barista worker about herself

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In this village the men stayed young and did the gossiping and the women aged with grey evil wariness and stood silently waiting for the men to get up and come home. p3

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Merricat

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The people of the village have always hated us. p4

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Merricat

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I always hesitated, vulnerable exposed, on the side of the road while the traffic went by. p5

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Merricat

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I am living on the moon, I told myself, I have a little house all by myself on the moon. p14

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Merricat

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Down in the boneyard 10 feet deep! p16

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Town children rhyming words to Merricat as she passes

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I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world p16

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Merricat attempting to ignore villagers that are tormenting her in a singsong tone

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Their tongues will burn, I thought, as though they had eaten fire. Their throats will burn when the words come out, and in their bellies they will feel a torment hotter than 1000 fires. p17

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Merricat talking about villagers, especially children that are tormenting her in the streets

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The highway’s built for common people p18

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Merricat’s mother talking about society

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The good people, the clean and rich ones dressed in satin and lace p18

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Merricat talking about rightful people coming to visit their castle

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Merricat.. look how far I came today p19

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Constance telling Merricat how far she got from the castle

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When I was small I thought Constance was a fairy princess. p20

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Merricat describing Constance

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She was the most precious person in my world, always. p20

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Merricat talking about her sister Constance

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Food of any kind was precious to Constance p20

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Merricat

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I don’t recall that the Blackwoods ever mingled socially with the villagers. p29

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Helen Clarke talking about the Blackwood family

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fate intervened. p31

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Uncle Julian talking about how he survived the poisoning

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19
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I can’t bear to hear it talked about. p32

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Helen Clarke

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I have exhaustive notes on all that happened. I have never been well since. p32

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Uncle Julian

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My brother, as head of the family, sat naturally at the head of the table p33

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Uncle Julian

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John Blackwood took pride in his table, his family, his position in the world. p33

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Uncle Julian

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But she was acquitted. Not only of the deed, but of the intention. -36

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Uncle Julian

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That impossible woman… Ill bred, pretentious, stupid. Why she keeps coming I’ll never know. p39

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Constance talking about Helen Clarke

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I always want to frighten them more. p39

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Merricat

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26
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A change was coming, and nobody knew it but me. p40

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Merricat

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Even Jonas was fretful p40

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Merricat

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I had always buried things p41

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Merricat

29
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Here is treasure for you to bury p41

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Constance to Merricat

30
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All the Blackwood women had made food and had taken pride in adding to the great supply of food in our cellar. p42

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Merricat

31
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You bury food the way I bury treasure p42

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Merricat to Constance

32
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We never touched what belonged to others; Constance said it would kill us if we ate it. p42

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Merricat talking about preserved jars of food Blackwood women had made and stored in the castle

33
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There’s a change coming p43

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Merricat telling Constance

34
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I decided that I would choose three powerful words, words of strong protection, and so long as these great words were never spoken aloud no change would come. p44

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Merricat trying to stop change from coming by using these three words:

melody p44
Gloucester p44
Pegasus p46

35
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We were guarded by the house and no one from outside could see so much as a light. p50

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Merricat

36
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I knew already that he was one of the bad ones p55

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Merricat talking about cousin Charles before he even arrives

37
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I had been lying on the cot at the orphanage, staring at the ceiling, wishing they were all dead, waiting for Constance to come and take me home. p56

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Merricat talking about the people who took Constance away

38
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our cousin Charles Blackwood. I knew him at once; he looks like Father. p57

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Constance talking about cousin Charles to Merricat

39
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He stood up; he was taller now that he was inside, bigger and bigger as he came closer to me. p57

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Merricat talking about Charles greeting her

40
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Today my winged horse is coming and I am carrying you off to the moon and on the moon will eat rose petals. p59

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Merricat telling Constance

41
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Some rose petals are poisonous. p59

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Constance telling Merricat

42
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On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons. p.60

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Merricat imaging what things would be like on the moon

43
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and the day fell apart around me. p60

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Merricat’s feelings after Constance said that cousin Charles was still asleep in the castle

44
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I could not breathe, I was tied around tight, everything was cold. p61

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Merricat struggling after being told that cousin Charles was asleep in the castle

45
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He was a ghost. p61

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Merricat talking about cousin Charles

46
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I could breathe a little; it was going to be all right. Cousin Charles was a ghost, but a ghost that could be driven away. p61

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Merricat trying to come to terms with cousin Charles being present in the house

47
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puzzled by the sound of a foot stepping upstairs where there had always been silence before. It was unpleasant, this walking overhead. p62

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Merricat talking about cousin Charles’ footsteps walking overhead on the second story of the castle

48
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this footstep was heavy and even and bad. p62

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Merricat talking about cousin Charles’ footsteps walking overhead on the second story of the castle

49
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I still could not see him clearly, perhaps because he was a ghost, perhaps because he was so very big. p63

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Merricat talking about cousin Charles

50
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His great round face, looking so much like our father’s p63

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Merricat talking about cousin Charles

51
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I’m not afraid to eat anything Constance cooks. p65

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Charles telling Uncle Julian

52
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I suppose your reference was to arsenic. p65

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Uncle Julian answering to Charles when he said he wasn’t afraid of eating anything Constance cooks

53
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I don’t have any winged horse. p69

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Merricat refusing Constance’s suggestion to take cousin Charles on her imaginary winged horse

54
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Every touch he made on the house must be a erased. p69

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Merricat referring to cousin Charles

55
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It was important to choose the exact device to drive Charles away. And imperfect magic, or one incorrectly used, might only bring more disaster upon our house. p70

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Merricat brainstorming ways to drive Charles away

56
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my father’s book had fallen from the tree and let Charles in; books, then, were perhaps powerless against Charles. p71

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Merricat

57
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if Charles had not gone away before three days I would smash the mirror in the hall. p71

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Merricat

58
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Women alone like you are, you shouldn’t keep money in the house. p74

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Charles to Merricat

59
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I hope that the house, injured, would reject him by itself. p78

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Merricat hoping the castle would reject Charles because he left a tiny burn on a chair in the drawing room from his pipe

60
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I wished Charles dead. p79

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Merricat

61
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Your sister works like a slave… Constance is too busy… Run along and play. p81

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Charles to Merricat when she asks for Constance to make Uncle Julian a little soft cake for his lunch

62
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“I think that we are going to have to forbid your wondering. It’s time you quieted down a little. p81

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Constance to Merricat

63
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We should have faced the world and tried to live normal lives. p82

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Constance to Merricat

64
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We should have been living like other people. p82

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Constance to Merricat

65
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He is dishonest. His father was dishonest. Both my brothers were dishonest. p83

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Uncle Julian talking about Charles to Merricat

66
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You must tell him this, Constance. He is a bastard. p83

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Uncle Julian

67
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A delicate touch… All the Blackwood women had a gifted touch. p85

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Uncle Julian

68
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No more now. Now Constance and I want to talk, Uncle. We’ve got plans to make. p85

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Charles telling Uncle Julian no more when he asks for Constance to play his favourite ‘Blue-bells of Scotland’ on the harp

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