1 Her father had ridden over to Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes plantation, that afternoon to offer to buy Dilcey, the broad wife of his valet, Pork.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER II 2 That afternoon, Gerald, his resistance worn thin, had set out to make an offer for Dilcey.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER II 3 John Wilkes came down the steps to offer his arm to Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER VI 4 Yes, Scarlett was sick of it all, and that morning she wished that she, like Melanie, had the excuse of pregnancy to offer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XVII 5 How good the old lady was to offer no sympathy that would make her cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXVI 6 Surely, he'd have something helpful to offer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI 7 I came out here to offer to buy this place from you--to make you a right good offer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXII 8 He would be embarrassed; he would stammer; he would offer excuses, but he wouldn't lend it to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXV 9 I only wish I had a home to offer you shelter in.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXV 10 Raging as she was at his attack on Ashley, she would have given anything to spit on him and throw his offer of money proudly into his mocking face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXVI 11 By morning she would have thought up some excuse to offer, some defense that might hold water.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER LIII 12 She did not lose thereby for Ashley refused to take advantage of her first low offer and met the highest bid that she had ever had for them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER LVII 13 At the corner of Fifth Avenue Van Alstyne hailed him with an offer of company.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 1: Chapter 14 14 But I should be selfish and ungrateful if I made that a reason for accepting all you offer, with no better return to make than the desire to be free from my anxieties.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 1: Chapter 15 15 It left him, collapsed and breathing heavily, to an apathy so deep and prolonged that Lily almost feared the passers-by would think it the result of a seizure, and stop to offer their aid.
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