 | 1921 - 706 pages
...were like the girl he had taken inside himself. The two women in his own house puzzled and confused him. They became suddenly unlovely and commonplace....slender young man. Of the foreman she saw only the grey eyes that began to burn with a strange fire. The eyes expressed eagerness, a humble and devout... | |
 | Sherwood Anderson - 1921 - 310 pages
...the man and his wife came home the three people sat in silence for an hour or two before hed time. The man pretended to read a newspaper. He looked at...slender young man. Of the foreman she saw only the grey eyes that began to burn with a strange fire. The eyes expressed eagerness, a humble and devout... | |
 | 1922 - 542 pages
...awoke_and. cried. He wanted to sit on. the go-go. The mofEer-in-law attended to that. After IHe mari"and his wife came home the three people sat in silence...gray eyes that began to burn with a strange fire. The eyes expressed eagerness, a humble and devout eagerness. In the presence of a man with such eyes... | |
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The man pretended to read a newspaper. He looked at his hands. Although he had washed them carefully, grease from the bicycle frames left dark stains under the nails. He thought of the Iowa girl and of her white quick hands playing over the keys of a... 