The Hearth Lesson: quotes

Question 1

Either _____ will bring it back –
money to ____, burning a ____ in your ______

Answer 1

Either phrase will bring it back –
money to burn, burning a hole in your pocket

Question 2

I am _______ by the fire
in the ___ in Sean McDermott Street
while ____ and ___ battle it out:

Answer 2

I am crouched by the fire
in the flat in Sean McDermott Street
while Zeus and Hera battle it out:

Question 3

for his every ________
she had the ______ glance;
she’ll see his ________
and raise him the _____ ______ hall;
he’ll see her ‘the only way you get any
_______ around here is if you ____’ ;
he’ll raise her ____ and _____
or the _____ state of her ______
every last one of _____.

Answer 3

for his every thunderbolt
she had the killing glance;
she’ll see his fancyman
and raise him the Cosmo snooker hall;
he’ll see her ‘the only way you get any
attention around here is if you neigh’ ;
he’ll raise her airs and graces
or the mental state of her siblings
every last one of them.

Question 4

for his every ________
she had the ______ glance;
she’ll see his ________
and raise him the _____ ______ hall;

Answer 4

for his every thunderbolt
she had the killing glance;
she’ll see his fancyman
and raise him the Cosmo snooker hall;

Question 5

he’ll see her ‘the only way you get any
_______ around here is if you ____’ ;
he’ll raise her ____ and _____
or the _____ state of her ______
every last one of _____.

Answer 5

he’ll see her ‘the only way you get any
attention around here is if you neigh’ ;
he’ll raise her airs and graces
or the mental state of her siblings
every last one of them.

Question 6

I’m ___, ______, and _____; most balls
are ______ over my head.
Even then I can ____ it’s better
than ______ and _____ and
the particular ____ of the unsaid
of ‘tell your _______…’ ‘ask your ______…’

Answer 6

I’m net, umpire, and court; most balls
are lobbed over my head.
Even then I can judge it’s better
than brooding and silence and
the particular hell of the unsaid
of ‘tell your mother…’ ‘ask your father…’

Question 7

Even then I can tell it was _______
the ____ of it day after day,
at the ____ of the _____ words
but nothing _______ us one ______
when he handed up his _____.

Answer 7

Even then I can tell it was money
the lack of it day after day,
at the root of the bitter words
but nothing prepared us one teatime
when he handed up his wages.

Question 8

She __________ each rumpled _____ note, then
a _______ come suddenly over her,
she threw the lot in the ____.

Answer 8

She straightened each rumpled pound note, then
a weariness come suddenly over her,
she threw the lot in the fire.

Question 9

The flames were ____ and ___ and _____,
a marvelous sight, an alchemical scene.

Answer 9

The flames were blue and pink and green,
a marvelous sight, an alchemical scene.

Question 10

‘It’s not _____,’ she stated _____.
And we all ____ it wasn’t.

Answer 10

‘It’s not enough,’ she stated simply.
And we all knew it wasn’t.

Question 11

The flames ______ from _____ to _______ breast
like trapped ____ birds;
the ______ jumped floor to _____, and she’d
had the ___, the _________, word.

Answer 11

The flames sheared from cinder to chimney breast
like trapped exotic birds;
the shadows jumped floor to ceiling, and she’d
had the last, the astonishing, word.