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1 " Are you taking us to hell?" I ask, and Denise answers with an ominous, "More or less. "
― Amy McAuley , Violins of Autumn
2 " The report also said I show great potential as an agent. I figure they must be right, since I successfully broke into a safe to find that out. "
3 " I aim at the middle one first. I squeeze the trigger. And the metal weapon does what it does best. It jams. "
4 " Denise, the Nazi soldiers in those trucks do not suspect they're about to be outfoxed by two girls." In the stillness before we spring back itno action, Denise looks to me, grinning like mad. She quotes a line from King Kong, one of my favorite movies I watched with Tom."'Oh no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. "
5 " Five sisters. That must have been hell.""Only when they forced me to dress up like a girl and play Amy whenever they reenacted Little Women"Giggling as quietly as possible, I say, "You had to play Amy? Why didn't they let you be Laurie?""My sister Beth insisted on playing Laurie. Figure that one out. One of the March sisters had her very own name, but no sir, she had to be a boy. I had to pretend, dressed as a girl, to marry my own sister dressed as boy." His laugh is good-natured. "I believe the word thats coming to your mind is disturbing. "
6 " Tell me every detail. All but the dull parts, I mean. "
7 " You should feel right at home here, Denise" Robbie says. Near the top, he sets my suitcase on the floor of the loft and continues to climb. As his foot clears the last step, he adds, "Judging from your manners, I'd guess you were raised in a barn. "
8 " I'm sure lovely girls such as yourselves need not worry about this"—Madame LaRoche begins, and I have a hunch we're about to be cautioned against something we enjoy "