[…] I am influenced—conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win. […]

In the plantations to which we allude, there were also some American acers and the Norway maple, exhibiting dark reds and rich yellows.

The custom of eating twelfth cake, and especially of drawing for king and queen, on the Epiphany, or twelfth day, or twelfth tide, or old Christmas day (January 6), as it is variously termed, is antique. In the ancient Calendar of the Romish Church, is an observation on the fifth day of January, the vigil of the Epiphany, Kings created or elected by beans; and the sixth is called The Festival of Kings, with the additional remark, that the ceremony of electing kings was continued with feasting for many days.

She struggles through suicide Tuesday by getting into work late and shutting her office door. Craig is her small-time dealer so he, Sharon and James have a clear picture of her drug patterns.