Carolyn Keene, The Sign of the Twisted Candles
At once Nancy set to work to pry up the loosened bricks. It was a tedious task and several times the low chair threatened to tip perilously, but the determined girl stuck to her job. - Chapter XX: The Clue of the Candle
Carolyn Keene, The Sign of the Twisted Candles "Nancy, you certainly have the best ordered mind and the keenest ability to put two and two together of any person I ever met," Mr. Hill said. "If you should decide to go into business, I'll make a place for you in the bank, and guarantee that you will be an officer in two years. I mean it. I am not joking. I think you would bring us the business of every woman in the county, and – oh, Luther, there you are!" - Chapter XIX: An Encounter and an Inspiration
Carolyn Keene, The Sign of the Twisted Candles "That's a contest where I can't help you, can I?" Nancy asked. "I wish I were old enough to be a lawyer!"
"You have done the work of a dozen men already," Mr. Drew said earnestly. -Chapter XVIII: Nancy Takes Charge Carolyn Keene, The Sign of the Twisted Candles Photo taken downtown Providence, Circe Restaurant & Bar Nancy was in agony. Her feet were asleep from standing still in such a cramped place. She was sure a dozen spiders had made a toboggan slide of her back-bone. -Chapter XVII: The Quarrel in the Farmhouse
Carolyn Keene, The Sign of the Twisted Candles "There's the old place," she said. "And Nancy, you uncanny mind-reader, there is Semitt just coming out of it!"
- Chapter XVI: Plots and Plans Carolyn Keene, The Sign of the Twisted Candles |
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