Word: drowne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cackled, "I hope I don't capsize the boat and drown everybody!" ¶ Sitting bolt upright on his bench St. Gandhi attempted to improve his mind by reading the full report of the first Indian Round Table Conference. Shrilly he protested that it invariably caused him to fall fast asleep...
...When I asked him how the boat got afire, he first said, "It caught from the motor" and then in the same breath he changed this to "To tell the truth 1 set it myself." I asked him what he was trying to do, if he was trying to drown himself, and he said, "Yes. that is just it." When I asked him the matter he replied that a fellow had killed two young girls the night before, to both of whom the fellow was married, and that he, himself, was the only person who knew about it, and that...
...Celarié states that this is a collection of true stories and sketches and forthwith you narrate the incident about the woman who had succeeded in cuckolding her husband, returns too late one night, to find him awake, angry, suspicious, herself locked out. Pretending despair, she says she will drown herself in the well if he does not open the door; throws a big stone down the well and hides. The husband, hearing the splash, comes out to investigate; the wife slips in, bars the door. Now it is her turn to shout abuse and call on Allah...
...considers purely paternal, long after his wife & family know better. When his son falls in love with the girl the pastor sends him away. A successful operation is made on her eyes. The pastor is anxious, and with cause; for when she sees her perfect man she tries to drown herself, dies from the effects. But not without telling him a few things that leave his life a desert. The Author- Andre Paul William Gide, reputed the most powerful figure in contemporary French literature, looks like a lean and sinister clown, loves mystery, theatrics. Bald, he often wears a skullcap...
...occasionally these Morocaines turn the heavy tables: their wiles are compressed but not crushed by four walls. A woman who had succeeded in cuckolding her husband returns too late one night, to find him awake, angry, suspicious, herself locked out. Pretending despair, she says she will drown herself in the well if he does not open the door; throws a big stone down the well and hides. The husband, hearing the splash, comes out to investigate; the wife slips in, bars the door. Now it is her turn to shout abuse and call on Allah and the neighbors...