Word: maidish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work, as she always continued to be, was profoundly grateful for his praise and from now on became very dependent on his opinion. He intrigued her as a person, too. She was impressed by his penetration and vision, and amused by the contrast between them and his old-maidish way of life. 'I saw Forster, who is timid as a mouse, but when he creeps out of his hole very charming,' she wrote ... 'He spends his time rowing old ladies upon the river, and isn't able to get on with his novel' She liked...