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...ready for occupancy, and Franklin Ford, his wife, and two sons took up residence in an Elmwood that would have been at home in pre-Revolutionary Cambridge. Last Tuesday, Mrs. Ford took us on a guided tour of the new Elmwood, from the front door with its heavy brass latch to the attic timbers with their bayonet scars. (At least, 13-year-old John Ford says the marks on the attic timbers are bayonet scars.) The grounds were still in an uproar, but the house itself was remarkably complete and remarkably pleasant...
...self-pity because nobody will notice him, manages to meet a jolly German (Walther Reyer) who is a famous and successful author. To Charrier's amazement, Reyer and his stunning wife (Stephane Audran) make him feel so at home in their luxurious villa that he soon has a latch-key familiarity with the couple. This sudden rescue from loneliness should make Charrier happy; instead, watching Stephane perch adoringly on the arm of her husband's chair, Charrier decides that he must spoil things for them. Snooping on Stephane when she makes daytime trips to Munich, he discovers that...
...back: "Haven't you got in the house yet?" The landlady told Dr. Cook to hang up so she could get the maid to call the fire department. Then she grabbed a hammer herself. She .broke a small pane in the door and reached in to release the latch. Intense heat blasted into her face. "It was just like opening the door to a furnace," she said...
...streets; nor is the straight shift likely to turn strong men helpless after one swift glance. But to the thousands of American women who are just not quite ready yet for chartreuse face powder or the octagon look, the shift is a welcome and comfortable trend to latch...
That is how Henry David Thoreau felt in July 1845 as he went into the woods at Walden Pond. He built himself a little cabin, largely out of secondhand materials, the cost of which he recorded in precise Yankee style: $28.12½, including a 10? latch and a penny piece of chalk. Thus he began his celebrated two-year sojourn in happy isolation. Last week. 116 years later, Thoreau would have been able to find his clump of woods easily enough, but not necessarily the solitude to permit him to drive life into a corner. The snort and belch...