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1  A quadroon nurse followed them about with a faraway, meditative air.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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2  Then she went in and assisted the quadroon in getting the boys to bed.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XV
3  Edna sent the quadroon away to her supper and told her she need not return.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XV
4  Old Madame Pontellier had come herself and carried them off to Iberville with their quadroon.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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5  She went down and led them out of the sun, scolding the quadroon for not being more attentive.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XVI
6  The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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7  The youngsters came tumbling up the steps, the quadroon following at the respectful distance which they required her to observe.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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8  She began to set the toilet-stand to rights, grumbling at the negligence of the quadroon, who was in the adjoining room putting the children to bed.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XV
9  The quadroon sat for hours before Edna's palette, patient as a savage, while the house-maid took charge of the children, and the drawing-room went undusted.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XIX
10  The boys were being put to bed; the patter of their bare, escaping feet could be heard occasionally, as well as the pursuing voice of the quadroon, lifted in mild protest and entreaty.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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11  The quadroon nurse was looked upon as a huge encumbrance, only good to button up waists and panties and to brush and part hair; since it seemed to be a law of society that hair must be parted and brushed.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
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