There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress.
Chris Van Allsburg
They implored me to let them, and when I said it was Van Helsing's wish that either he or I should sit up, they asked me quite piteously to intercede with the 'foreign gentleman'.
They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out.
Joan Van Ark
This mixture of simplicity and cunning, of superstition and commercial reasoning, aroused Van Helsing, who said, Mine friend, that Devil is more clever than he is thought by some, and he know when he meet his match!
Two or three minutes later Van Helsing was in the room in his dressing gown, and Morris and Lord Godalming were with Seward at the door asking questions.
Two or three minutes later Van Helsing was in the room in his dressing gown, and Mr.Morris and Lord Godalming were with DR.Seward at the door asking questions.
Very shortly after she opened her eyes in all their softness, and putting out her poor, pale, thin hand, took Van Helsing's great brown one, drawing it close to her, she kissed it.
