Carolina QuotesShe didn’t look around as I slammed the front door and locked it, just like I promised I’d do—cept I was outside the door, on the porch, when I done it.
Andy Duncan Carolinian
Source
Lincoln in Frogmore (p. 143)
- work
- Beluthahatchie and Other Stories (2000)
- year
- 2000
- locator
- p. 143
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“She didn’t look around as I slammed the front door and locke…” Andy Duncan. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4E15800824. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4e15800824
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