I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied — Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
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I liked to be off by myself, away from the eyes of adults who always had some task or errand to demand of an unoccupied child.

— Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
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