"Suddenly she remembered the goods yard at Paddington, and all her thoughts slid together again like a pack of hounds that have picked up the scent."
— Warner, Sylvia Townsend (1893-1978)
Work Title
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date
1926
Metaphor
"Suddenly she remembered the goods yard at Paddington, and all her thoughts slid together again like a pack of hounds that have picked up the scent."
Metaphor in Context
Suddenly she remembered the goods yard at Paddington, and all her thoughts slid together again like a pack of hounds that have picked up the scent. They streamed faster and faster; she clenched her hands and prayed as when a child she had prayed in the hunting-field.
(p. 123)
(p. 123)
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by Claire Jarvis
Citation
Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Lolly Willowes; or, The Loving Husband. Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. <Link to Google Books, 1926 edition><Link to Google Books, 1999 edition>
Date of Entry
04/29/2010
