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She had always been short and fat and slightly bent. Her face was a crisscross of wrinkles running from everywhere to everywhere. No, we were certain she had always been as we had known her. Old, so terribly old that she could not have grown older, and had stayed at the same age for twenty years. She could never have been pretty; but she was always ______.
She had always been short and fat and slightly bent. Her face was a crisscross of wrinkles running from everywhere to everywhere. No, we were certain she had always been as we had known her. Old, so terribly old that she could not have grown older, and had stayed at the same age for twenty years. She could never have been pretty; but she was always ______.
beautiful
She hobbled about the house in spotless white with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her ______.
She hobbled about the house in spotless white with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her ______.
rosary
Her silver locks were scattered untidily over her pale face, and her lips constantly moved in ______ prayer.
Her silver locks were scattered untidily over her pale face, and her lips constantly moved in ______ prayer.
inaudible
Yes, she was ______. She was like the winter landscape in the mountains.
Yes, she was ______. She was like the winter landscape in the mountains.
Old, so terribly old that she could not have grown older, and had stayed at the same age for twenty years. She could never have been pretty; but she was always ______.
Old, so terribly old that she could not have grown older, and had stayed at the same age for twenty years. She could never have been pretty; but she was always ______.
What was the appearance of the narrator's grandmother?
What was the appearance of the narrator's grandmother?
Describe the appearance of the grandfather based on the portrait in the drawing room.
Describe the appearance of the grandfather based on the portrait in the drawing room.
How did the narrator and others view the grandmother's claim of being young and pretty in the past?
How did the narrator and others view the grandmother's claim of being young and pretty in the past?
How did the grandmother's physical appearance change as she aged?
How did the grandmother's physical appearance change as she aged?
How did the grandmother move about the house?
How did the grandmother move about the house?
