“in the first two weeks his parents could not bring themselves to visit him”

“but now ( the father) was standing up really straight, dressed in a tight fitting blue uniform with gold buttons… like the one servants wear in a banking company.. Bent far over, the mother sewed fine undergarments for a fashion shop. The sister, who had taken on a job as a salesgirl, in the evening studied stenography and French, so as perhaps later to obtain a better position”

“he did not enjoy the food anymore”

“(Gregor) wanted to open the door; he really wanted to let himself be seen by and to speak with the manager. He was keen to witness what the others now asking after him would say at the sight of him. If they were startled, then he would have bi reason to get excited and, if he got a move on, could really be at the station around eight o’ clock”

Their eyes followed her pointing finger, saw where it landed on a small neat farm with white- washed walls and green blinds to the windows.”

“But perfect, perfect little House! who could possibly mind the smell? It was part of the joy, part of the newness.”

“The girls if her (Isabels) class nearly fought to out their arms round her, to walk away with her, to bean flatteringly, to be her special friend.”

“Come along.’ said isabel. I’m going to show them the dolls house”

“They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelvey’s with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody.”

“It was because of these people her father had said; Yes, It might be worse; there are children living in little poky houses all over the place.”

“For really, the smell of paint coming from the doll’s house ( Sweet of old Mrs. Hay of course; most sweet and generous!) - but the smell of paint was quite enough to make anyone seriously ill, in Aunt Beryl’s opinion”

“ I should have never thought she’d have noticed,’ said Aunt Beryl. ‘But I suppose they see things with their sharp little eyes.”

“ The lamplight shone on the glossy paint, on the clear, bright colours, on the minute details which were so exquisitely done.”

“But now that she ( Aunt Beryl) has frightened those little rats of Kelvey’s and given Kezia a good scolding, her heart felt lighter”

“But Else, holding her breath, gazed back at the little charwoman with the baby and the ironing. She always looked first at the lamp.”

”When the Kelveys were well out of sight of the Burnell’s, they sat down on a bug red drainpipe by the side of the road. Lil cheeks were still burning.”

“Kezia invited Lil Kelvey to see the doll’s house”

“The Burnell children could hardly walk to school fast enough the next morning. They burned to tell everybody, to describe, to - well - to boasts about their doll’s house before the school bell rang.”