Small Things Like These Flashcards
“These nuns…”
These nuns have a finger in every pie
“You know there’s…”
You know there’s only a wall separating that place from St Margaret’s
”And in any case…”
and in any case, what do such things have to do with us?
”Was there any point…”
Was there any point in being alive without helping one another?
”Won’t they all soon…”
Won’t they all soon find themselves next door, in time to come, God willing.
“The ordinary part…”
The ordinary part of him simply wanted be rid of this and get on home
“Wasn’t it…”
Wasn’t it all just a big nothing
”They had expected…”
They had expected him to go on… but he paused, contrarily, and stood by the girl
”Weren’t Mrs. Wilson’s cares…”
Weren’t Mrs Wilson’s cares far from any of ours?