Scattered upon the flimsy dresser scarf were half a dozen h… - O. Henry

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Scattered upon the flimsy dresser scarf were half a dozen hairpins — those discreet, indistinguishable friends of womankind, feminine of gender, infinite of mood and uncommunicative of tense.

O. Henry

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O. Henry (11 September 1862 – 5 June 1910) was the pen name of William Sydney Porter, a short-story writer famous for his use of twist endings.

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Native Name: William Sydney Porter

Alternative Names: Olivier Henry • Oliver Henry

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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Su rostro tenía el perfil de los veinte años y las arrugas de los cuarenta. Podía haber vivido aquella diferencia de años en un período de doce meses.

The note that she struck had beaten down the doors of a closed memory; and Father Abram held his lost Aglaia close in his arms.

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