| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1286 | Even Nora View more quotes about feared">feared her. |
| 8 | 1287 | The board, it seemed clear, for we, in our resentment and annoyance, had sought this information, was behind her. |
| 8 | 1288 | It became clear to us that however she had been emplaced, and however she had been empowered, that the house, and its occupants, were hers to rule. |
| 8 | 1289 | In that tiny world her word would be law. |
| 8 | 1290 | The board would accommodate itself to her recommendations, whatever they might be. |
| 8 | 1291 | A word from her, a charge from her, would initiate a sequence of actions which might culminate in one's expulsion from the house, with the shame and ruin which might be consequent on such a disgrace. |
| 8 | 1292 | She might disrupt our plans; she might jeopardize our very future. |