"Whenever I look at them I think of Thomas." "No, they're more like the parrot's--they're claws....

That's why I'm marrying him." "Because he has ugly hands ?" "Because they're ugly in just that way.

They're the hands of the man who gets things and holds on to things.

I'm taking him because he can get for me what I need." Margaret patted her sister on the shoulder.

"Cheer up, Lucia! I'm lucky, I tell you.