"I don't know why you're crying," said Brenda. "You didn't know her."
"I like it," said Freda. "It's so beautiful." Chapter 1, page 7.
"I always wanted to live in a house with a big kitchen. I wanted a mother in a string vest and a pinafore who made bread and dumpling stew." Chapter 1, page 11.
"We could do with a bloody Union man here - the cold, the conditions. Talk about A Day in the Life Of - don't you know about the Factories Act?" Chapter 2, page 23.
"Have you got your toothache again?" Freda was annoyed at having to leave early. It didn't suit her; she hadn't had her talk with Vittorio. "Look at the state of you. You've got cobwebs in your hair." Chapter 2, page 27.
"Plumbers don't live here anymore," explained Brenda, echoing what.....
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