Marcia, this is Joan Wentworth, who roomed with me last year."
"When candles are out, all Cats are grey." Otherwise, "Joan is as good as my Lady in the dark."
"And in the mean time, Joan is welcome with me as long as she likes. I'll ask for a cot for her.
Georgy! (calling to his sisters) Joan is not here: tell mama she is run out into the rain--bad animal!"
These with Alison, Katherine and Joan, made up the seven "Kindred Spirits," an informal little club of loyal friends.
What is this, a card party or a hen fight? Carol, you stop admiring yourself as the Joan of Arc of the hired girls, or I'll spank you.
Joan shook back her light fluffy hair, looking rather taken aback for an instant, as Marcia emerged from the closet, where she had been invisible, arranging a rack of shoes.
Their favorite gathering place last year had been the room occupied by Alison and Joan, and consternation reigned when the news spread that the newcomer had usurped Joan's place.
Alison's tap at the door was answered by a cordial "Come in," and she entered, to find Katherine and Joan curled up on the bed, talking vigorously, but both sprang up to greet her joyously.
Then Jacqueline the Countess, seeing her cause in danger--like another Joan of Arc, though she was indeed a younger and much more beautiful girl general,--seized the lion-banner of her house, and, at the head of her reserve troops, charged through the open gate straight into the ranks of her victorious foes.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Anfield, License CC BY-SA 4.0