Turn Of The Screw Flashcards

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Douglas: she struck me as…

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awfully clever and nice

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Governess: a succession of…

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flights and drops, a little see-saw

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Governess: I slept little…

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that night - I was too much excited

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Governess on meeting flora: she was the most…

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beautiful child I had ever seen

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Governess: I recognised, faint and far…

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the cry of a child

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Governess: I’m rather easily…

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carried away, I was carried away in London

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Mrs Grose to Governess: you’re not the first…

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and you won’t be the last

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Governess on Flora: with her hair…

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of gold and her frock of blue

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Governess on Miles: impossible to carry…

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a bad name with a greater sweetness of innocence

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Governess: it would be as charming…

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as a charming story suddenly to meet someone

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Governess: an unknown man…

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in a lonely place

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Governess: was there a secret…

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at Bly - a mystery of Udolpho

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Governess: of course I was under the spell…

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…even at the time, I perfectly knew I was

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Douglas: she was a most…

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charming person, but she was ten years older than I

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Governess: it was not for me he…

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had come. He had come for someone else

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Governess: I wondered why…

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she should be scared (mrs Grose)

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Governess observing flora: she had, in her play…

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turned her back to the water

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Governess to Mrs Grose: they know…

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it’s too monstrous: they know, they know!

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Governess on Flora: not a word…

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that’s the horror. She kept it to herself!

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Governess to Mrs Grose: then ask Flora…

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she’s sure! No for Gods sake don’t! …she’ll lie!

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Governess: they had never, I think…

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wanted to do so many things for their poor protectress

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Governess: one of them should…

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keep me occupied while the other slipped away

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Governess: the book I had in my hand…

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was Fielding’s ‘Amelia’

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Governess: my candle…

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under a bold flourish, went out

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Governess on Flora: in the state on my nerves…

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I absolutely believed she lied

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Flora to the Governess: because I don’t like…

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to frighten you!

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Governess on Flora: she was face to face…

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with the apparition… and could now communicate with it

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Governess: the four…

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depend upon it, perpetually meet

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Governess to Mrs Grose: they’re not mine…

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they’re not ours. They’re his and they’re hers!

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Governess: causing me, while they stayed to…

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tremble with fear

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Governess: I came home, my dear…

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for a talk with Miss Jessel

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Governess on Miles: made me drop to my knees and seize once more…

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the chance of possessing him

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Governess on Miles: the boy gave…

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a loud high shriek

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Governess on Flora: she’s not a child,

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she’s an old, old woman

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Governess: my thrill of joy at…

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having brought on a proof

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Governess: I was justified…

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she was there, so I was nether cruel nor mad

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Governess on Flora: she had turned…

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common and almost ugly

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Flora: I see nobody, I see nothing…

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I never have. I think you’re cruel. I don’t like you!

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Governess: I must have thrown…

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myself, on my face, to the ground

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Governess on Miles: he’ll confess…

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if he confesses he’s saved.

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Governess on Miles: it was as if he were…

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suddenly afraid of me

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Governess on Miles: his little heart…

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dispossessed, had stopped

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Governess on Miles: he was at me in…

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a white rage, bewildered