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with leg - o mutton sleeves she mounted for the | with leg-o-mutton sleeves she mounted for the | ||
annual | annual calls on the neighbors. It was also said | ||
that Mrs. Ames read Greek as light summer | that Mrs. Ames read Greek as light summer | ||
reading, and that she had brought up her two | reading, and that she had brought up her two | ||
sons, Robert and Richard, very strictly. | sons, Robert and Richard, very strictly. | ||
But in 1927, old Mrs. Ames existed only as | But in 1927, old Mrs. Ames [[^existed]] lived only as | ||
a powerful tradition of Bostonian eccentricity and | a powerful tradition of Bostonian eccentricity, and | ||
her sons and | her sons and grandchildren lived on in the old | ||
yellow farmhouse on the Point, their respective | yellow farmhouse on the Point, their respective | ||
destinies closed and fermenting within them. | destinies closed [[^and fermenting]] within them. | ||
Another tradition had to do with Polly | Another tradition had to do with Polly | ||
Porter where patients left the great world to | Porter where patients [[^left the great world &]] came to Castine when their | ||
daughter and son were children, to build and occupy | daughter and son were children, to build and [[^occupy]] [[crossed out: live in]] | ||
Mossacres, the big grey [[^mansion]] house overlooking | |||
the | the Penobscot shore and the Camden Hills beyond. | ||
There was said to be bad blood somewhere in the | There was said to be bad blood somewhere in the | ||
family, but everybody remembered Polly as a | family, but everybody remembered Polly as a | ||
beautiful girl in a white riding habit astride of | beautiful girl in a white riding habit astride of | ||
a black horse, galloping over the roads and fields | a [[^jet-]]black horse, galloping over the roads and fields. | ||
"Nobody could understand why Miss Porter never | "Nobody could understand why Miss Porter never | ||
married, what with all the young men who | married, what with all the young men who | ||
came to visit at Mossacres. But she didn't, and | came to visit at Mossacres. But she didn't, and | ||
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with leg-o-mutton sleeves she mounted for the annual calls on the neighbors. It was also said that Mrs. Ames read Greek as light summer reading, and that she had brought up her two sons, Robert and Richard, very strictly.
But in 1927, old Mrs. Ames ^existed lived only as
a powerful tradition of Bostonian eccentricity, and her sons and grandchildren lived on in the old yellow farmhouse on the Point, their respective destinies closed ^and fermenting within them.
Another tradition had to do with Polly
Porter where patients ^left the great world & came to Castine when their daughter and son were children, to build and ^occupy crossed out: live in Mossacres, the big grey ^mansion house overlooking the Penobscot shore and the Camden Hills beyond. There was said to be bad blood somewhere in the family, but everybody remembered Polly as a beautiful girl in a white riding habit astride of a ^jet-black horse, galloping over the roads and fields. "Nobody could understand why Miss Porter never married, what with all the young men who came to visit at Mossacres. But she didn't, and