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Chapter 1 - The Committee for Aesthetic Deletions
- I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger;…
- Short pause. ‘Housekeeping, Hester speaking. How may we…
- ‘Pardon my raised eyebrows; I thought you had sworn off.…
- ‘You think I'm out of my head. ' He was not quick to answer.…
- ‘It says that you are on duty until I relieve you, but that…
Chapter 2 - The Garden of Eden
- I remember Earth. I knew her when she was clean and green,…
- ‘I did say it, Mama: ‘Yes, she did, Mother. ' ‘I did not…
- Father stood at the top of the steps with the slant door…
- ‘Somehow it does, and I haven't been able to analyse why.…
- ‘"- thou canst not then be false to any man. " Yes, sir.…
Chapter 3 - The Serpent in the Garden
- Father's question as to whether or not I was thinking about…
- He looked sheepish. ‘It's bright sunlight, Mo. This is awfully…
- ‘Quite so. Be patient, dear, and we will do it again. ..…
Chapter 4 - The Worm in the Apple
- Father let Daisy amble on quite a piece before he answered.…
- Shortly we pulled into the Jackson Igo place, eighty acres,…
- ‘I would say so. Safe enough if not very comfortable. I…
- By New Year's Eve I had decided to ask Father to submit…
- The Doctor sends his good wishes to you and to Mrs Deadbeat,…
- This is not a bad jail, as jails go. I was in a much worse…
- SPAIN DECLARES WAR! !! By wire from the New York journal…
- ‘That is why I must go with him. Where is Frank? I want…
- Father and Tom returned the next day, late in the afternoon.…
- There was no record of his service, as the regimental adjutant…
- The day came, 5 May, when our men left. .. on a special…
Chapter 6 - ‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home. .. '
- The rest of 1898 was one long bad dream. Our men had gone…
- ‘Mother, I had not thought about it. Do you really think…
- Tom had a hand-carried letter for Mother: Mrs Ira Johnson…
- (Nelson had found it. ) There seemed to be evidence that…
- ‘I have my last examination on Friday, 19 May, Ma'am. Commencement…
- So our wedding supper was two stale ham sandwiches from…
Chapter 7 - Ringing the Cash Register
- From having read candid autobiographies written by liberated…
- I came home from that visit to Dr Rumsey, started dinner,…
- So it was grand for Maureen that, once I ceased being a…
- In the 1900s Kansas City was an exciting place. Despite…
- Briney took me to see it before he closed the deal, a courtesy…
- Brian held me and patted my back, then said, ‘Stop that…
- Two Sundays later I missed my period. The following February…
- But all was not lost. Or should not have been. Once that…
- ‘Then you had better break mine, too, as I went there intending…
- ‘That's not Mark Twain; that's one of Father's medical books.…
- ‘But I'll design a better one. Mo, where did you hear of…
- Where is that damned cat? No, no, cancel that. Pixel, Mama…
- ‘Not below that drawing account figure. ' ‘Even if the business…
- ‘Really? I thought there was another reason. That wee bit…
- In view of the state of the claim and the capital investment…
- They were gone three hours. I could have walked to the post…
- Pixel went away, wherever it is that he goes, with my first…
- The kitten was an adorable mass of silver grey fluff and…
- In my opinion many babies are simply bad-tempered, mean…
- ‘Try it, just try it. My partner, Mr Brian Smith, this lady's…
- Correction: so far as I know, that was when we started keeping…
Chapter 11 - A Dude in a Derby
- They took me out of my cell today and led me, cuffed and…
- But when the whole family went for a joy ride, we piled…
- At Brian's urging I worked up a chart that told me how grocery…
- ‘Be a pessimist and you will hardly ever be wrong. Brian,…
- ‘Uh. .. No, sir. Not specifically. ' ‘Then you have told…
Chapter 12 - ‘Hang the Kaiser! '
- I'm wondering whether Pixel will come back at all, so disastrous…
- That night, when we were tired but not ready to go to sleep,…
- ‘All the way! A fair exchange is no robbery. ' I didn't…
- ‘Certainly. You want it to show to your customers? Darling…
- Father exchanged salutes with Lieutenant Bozell and with…
- My father, having been refused a return to active duty in…
- The carnage in Europe got worse and worse. In March 1917…
- I played Cornelia and her jewels before and during dinner…
- ‘Surprised to find that I am not wearing bloomers? I took…
- ‘Now wait a moment, Lazarus. I did not object. Carol is…
- ‘Come in, Nance! ' Briney called out. ‘Come in, dear, '…
- World-as-Myth. .. Much as I love Hilda, much as I love Jubal…
- What happens to this ‘Me-ness' when this body I am wearing…
- ‘How can I tell, Maureen? ' Father looked terribly thoughtful.…
- Not at all, Brian. My whole story sounds phoney, I know.…
- ‘I'm not sure what happened in 1907 because, as I told you,…
- ‘Every old biddy there will know she's not wearing any,…
- All I can say is that I gave them every opportunity. But…
Chapter 15 - Torrid Twenties Threadbare Thirties
- During the fifty-odd years on my personal time line from…
- i) Millions of women who found it more rewarding to have…
- ‘Woops! Your age is now thirty-seven. And I'm forty one.…
- ‘Never. ' ‘Are you going to ask our neighbours what they…
- ‘Good. I have the train schedules and the Pullman reservations;…
Chapter 16 - The Frantic Forties
- In the summer of 1940 Brian and I were living in Chicago…
- Brian did manage to ‘correct' his War Department age, simply…
- But moving away from San Francisco at that time was a good…
- She looked blank and started to stand up. Brian reached…
- ‘Since it is even, let's just swap them. I'll take everything…
- My daughter Susan married Henry Schultz on Saturday, 1 August…
- ‘Now, Maureen - ‘ ‘ "Now Maureen" my tired feet! We'll keep…
- (Damn it, Briney; why aren't you here? This is your job.…
- ‘No, sir. ' (Of course I know! Father would be ashamed of…
- I am not an expert on how to role a conquered country, so…
- ‘The wonder is not how well the bear waitzes but that it…
- I was waiting in the foyer outside the boardroom, intending…
- ‘This. ' She put the sack on my kitchen table. it tilted…
- ‘Maureen to you, old dear. I called to say that I am moving.…
Chapter 19 - Cats and Children
- It was after one o'clock before I left the children; it…
- ‘How long are you going to leave Priscilla alone, when you…
- Pixel took one look at them and skittered away. Two of them,…
- ‘So you could. What are you going to use for money? I certainly…
- ‘Priscilla, you have not yet admitted to yourself that you…
- ‘You're wonderful! ' ‘Thank you. Is that all? ' (The clock…
- George Strong treated us to a lovely lunch in The Fiesta…
- ‘No, we exchanged presents, to our mutual profit. Examine…
- My problems for the next ten years were Princess Polly,…
- Aside from fixtures, which had been removed earlier, nothing…
- ‘All right. Please do. ' ‘Donald and I are not going to…
- Donald made no comment. I went on, ‘In the mean time we…
- Priscilla came downstairs about 10. 0 p. m. and said that…
- ‘Priscilla, there is no excuse for your calling Margaret…
Chapter 22 - The Better-Dead List
- A noise woke me up. I was still in that pitch-dark lorry,…
- ‘Let me welcome you personally, ' she said in a grade, warm…
- ‘Of course I'm sure. I was there when she was tested and…
- ‘Uh. .. Mama, if you are trying to tell me that Priss is…
- I buzzed the door phone. ‘Announce yourself, please. ' ‘It's…
Chapter 23 - The Adventures of Prudence Penny
- It took the opening of the Cleveland-Cincinnati rolling…
- ‘I've heard of him, haven't met him. George, can he be seduced?…
- (List of investments that add up to $4823. 17. ) If you…
- ‘She doesn't like the altitude. When we left Wright Patterson,…
- ‘Eh? I'm sorry, Mrs Johnson; there is no more participation…
- And the sound reached us. How many seconds does it take…
- I am not certain that my situation was improved when these…
- Albuquerque was favoured also through having been bypassed…
- Some said the cause was high taxes. This sounds more reasonable;…
- I joined a square dance club, a Viennese Waltz club, a contract…
- Carol married Rod Jenkins of the Schmidt family in 1920,…
Chapter 25 - Rebirth in Boondock
- Let's review the bidding. In 1982, on 20 June I was in…
- ‘Who rubbed my lamp? What'll you have, Ish? ' ‘Ask Justin…
- Could this possibly be my own time line during the reign…
- At that time (Galactic 4324) the Long family had seven adults…
- 2) I had been rescued from certain death, across the centuries.…
Chapter 26 - Pixel to the Rescue
- After that Mad Tea Party in which I woke up in bed with…
- Then she shrugged and smiled. ‘So Santa Carolita's nigh…
- No use pretending anything else. I had too little to eat…
- ‘That is not a question one asks. ' ‘Well, excuse me, please!…
Chapter 27 - At the Coventry Cusp
- I didn't eat. much. The party was in my honour and I loved…
- ‘How does Gay Deceiver have two portside bathrooms without…
- Jubal looked around again. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, what in…
- ‘This is the sort of nudge the Circle of Ouroboros specialises…
- A similar but not identical double-gate arrangement served…
- ‘Roger wilco. ' Dagmar went through, gowned, masked, and…