I washed up my dishes, tidied the kitchen, and found myself with ______ hands.

These girls were the servants of my late aunt, whose passing I ________ deeply.

"Am I to assume you know someone ________ here?"

"The horses pulling the carts and carriages whinnied nervously, bobbing their heads up and down and rolling their eyes in fear of the ___________ and noise."

"Finish those cookies, please, and drink a second glass of milk. You can't run errands for me unless properly __________."

That __________ woman beat Ruth, I just knew it.

"On the contrary, independent ______ now burns as far away as Georgia, as well as the western frontier."

"Make ______," Curzon said. "If you value your life, don't use the front door."

"Twas he who had been my _______ friend since the day they brought me here."

"I find the buying and selling of children most _________."

The crowd had recovered its voice and was screaming _______ curses.

This was a new __________ to me and a curious one.

I ________ hard on what I should do with so many hours for myself.

The ashes of sadness and the buzzing bees of my ___________ all spun a storm inside of me, and I walked and walked until my new shoes rubbed blisters all over my feet and the blisters popped.

"Insolence will not be tolerate, not one bit. And you will curb your _______ to talk."

"I expect obedience at all times. ___________ will not be tolerate, not one bit."

"You have lain here, near _________, for six days."

I lay awake every night, heart filled with _________, recalling the dangerous offer made by the boy in the floppy red hat.

Their bodies gave off _________ odors, too, gases so strong they made my eyes water.

"I wish they'd all go home," Becky muttered. "Soldiers is a __________."

"The healer woman put a comfrey salve on it to draw out the _________."

"Don't ________ them of this chance to celebrate."

I curtsied, ____________ at the speed of it all. Yesterday I had been aboard a ship.

She was not a friendly sort--none of them were--but she did not call me names nor seem __________ to hand out beatings.