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Eden, the limberest sheep in the flock, wrote poetry that, unlike the poetry of most fictional characters, remains wisely unquoted in the book though it is accepted by a Manhattan publisher, in whose office Eden meets Alayne Archer. When he takes her back to Jalna, sweet old Adeline pats her "with a hand not so much caressing as appraising. She raised her heavy red eyebrows to the lace edging of her cap and commented with an arch grin: 'A bonny body. Well covered but not too plump. Slender, but not skinny. Meg's too plump. Pheasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Sweet Adeline | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

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