And she sat there, and I thought her bonnet was going to flip off her head. (Laughter.) It was like, what did I just hear?

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We sat there, she and I, while the others gathered books and papers and lifted coats off chair backs.

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Danuta served us tea and cookies, and since we sat there for some time, she asked if anybody was hungry.

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The girl sat very erect and talked too much, as if she were smart, but there was a question at the end of everything she said.

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On the desk there was a very old typewriter, and Frankie sat down before it, trying to think of any letters she could write: but there was nobody for her to write to, as every possible letter had already been answered, and answered even several times.

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She sat with tubes running in and out of her in a hospital while all we could do was sit there, hold her, sing to her, and pray.

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