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“What did you work at? Colum asked, shifting a bit on the bench to look more directly at me.I was in service, I said quietly, more quietly than I intended. I wondered if maybe the answer had gotten ...”
“Things were different back then. Today if a woman was asked to do the things we did back then, she would revolt, declare that she wasnt anyones slave, wouldnt be put upon in that fashion. But you h...”
“When Americans find out I grew up in the tenements, the question they invariably ask me is how did you end up there? Americans, it seems, find comfort in reasons and explanations. They honestly bel...”
“What did you work at?” Colum asked, shifting a bit on the bench to look more directly at me.“I was in service,” I said quietly, more quietly than I intended. I wondered if maybe the answer had gott...”