world was shaped like a orange an' I found out
before I was ten that th' whole orange doesn't belong
to nobody. No one owns more than his bit
of a quarter an' there's times it seems like there's
not enow quarters to go round. But don't you --
none o' you -- think as you own th' whole orange
or you'll find out you're mistaken, an' you won't
find it out without hard knocks." What children
learns from children,' she says, 'is that there's no
sense in grabbin' at th' whole orange -- peel an'
all. If you do you'll likely not get even th' pips,
an' them's too bitter to eat.'"

"She's a shrewd woman," said Dr. Craven, putting
on his coat.

"Well, she's got a way of saying things,"
ended Mrs. Medlock, much pleased. "Sometimes
I've said to her, 'Eh! Susan, if you was a
different woman an' didn't talk such broad Yorkshire
I've seen the times when I should have said
you was clever.'"

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That night Colin slept without once awakening
and when he opened his eyes in the morning he
lay still and smiled without knowing it -- smiled
because he felt so curiously comfortable. It was
actually nice to be awake, and he turned over and
stretched his limbs luxuriously. He felt as if tight
strings which had held him had loosened themselves

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