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1 He promised to rope a steer for me before sundown next day.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
2 I kept my promise, of course, but I found the spring months dull enough.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIII
3 I told her I was from your home town, and had promised your grandmother to come and see you.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: II
4 I TOLD ANTONIA I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
5 He made her promise that she would not sleep away from the house, or be out late in the evening, while he was gone.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XV
6 His mother listened, spoke soothingly to him and in a whisper promised him something that made him give her a quick, teary smile.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
7 She never, I discovered, finished anything by the time she had promised, and she frequently spent more money on materials than her customer had authorized.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
8 They were such cheerful noises, seeming to promise new things for living people: it was a pity that those freshly planed pine boards were to be put underground so soon.
My AntoniaBy Willa Cather ContextHighlight In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV