"In the goods yard at Paddington she had almost pounced on the clue, the clue to the secret country of her mind."
— Warner, Sylvia Townsend (1893-1978)
Work Title
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date
1926
Metaphor
"In the goods yard at Paddington she had almost pounced on the clue, the clue to the secret country of her mind."
Metaphor in Context
In the goods yard at Paddington she had almost pounced on the clue, the clue to the secret country of her mind. The country was desolate and half-lit, and she walked there alone, mistress of it, and, mistress, too, of the terror that roamed over the blank fields and haunted round her. Here was country just so desolate and half-lit. She was alone, just as in her dreams, and the terror had come to keep her company, and crouched by her side, half in fawning, half in readiness to pounce. All this because of a goods train that labored up a cutting. What was this cabal of darkness, suborning her own imagination to plot against her? What were these iron hunters doing near mournful, ever-weeping Paddington?
(pp. 123-4)
(pp. 123-4)
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Provenance
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Citation
Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Lolly Willowes; or, The Loving Husband. Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. <Link to Google Books, 1926 edition><Link to Google Books, 1999 edition>
Date of Entry
04/29/2010
