the grain had entered the shell {Sylvie's own metaphoric stance} and the pearl that would be Edward Beresford Todd began to grow until he was revealed into the sunshine that came before the Great War and lay happily for hours on end in his pram with nothing but a silver hare dangling from the pram hood for company. His
( Kate Atkinson )
[ A God in Ruins ]
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