Power Flashcards
1
Q
Struggle
A
He guessed that within her was a struggle between her Christian sympathy for the week-minded hunchback and her pride asa patrician.
2
Q
Code
A
‘She’s a good woman really but she’s got a code to live by.’
3
Q
Drew
A
Neil led the way, past the lady who drew back.
4
Q
Composure
A
Neil’s dignity and composure, proper to a sea captain, crumbled into the abjectness of a peasant.
5
Q
Supplication
A
His arms were loose and dangled in macabre gestures of supplication.
6
Q
Remorseless
A
Calum was no longer one of the beaters; he too was a deer hunted by remorseless men.
7
Q
Kennels
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?’
