On the windowpanes came rattling fistfuls of shot, and the … - Gabrielle Roy

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On the windowpanes came rattling fistfuls of shot, and the snow whirled and sifted beneath ill-fitting doors, slid in the cracks of windowsills and searched in a frenzy for any refuge against the fury of the wind.

Gabrielle Roy

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Gabrielle Roy, CC FRSC (March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a French Canadian author.

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