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The Characters In Alice Clark's Aunt Georgiana

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Aunt Georgiana has come all the way from Red Willow County on a day coach and is exhausted and disheveled when she arrives in Boston. Clark notices that her familiar, misshapen figure is so stooped now that her shoulders are almost bent together; she wears "ill-fitting false teeth" and her skin is yellow from constant exposure to the elements. Ignoring the warnings of her family and friends, Georgiana eloped with her enamored suitor and left behind forever the comfortable environs of the big city. Their lives were fraught with constant hardship and danger. Clark knew how harsh it was for being over there at Nebraska. Clark was planning to take her to the concert, he wondered if he had made the right decision. When they entered the hall, she

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