But what Annie doesn't know is that Jake has an Achilles' heel. An Achilles' heel called Annie Markham. He's never quite got over her treatment of him all those years ago. This is the perfect opportunity for what some may call 'closure'.
No Rain Today
... persuading, Annie Bromley.' That made her laugh. 'No. I could tell a good thing when it was sitting next to me. Still can.' And she flopped towards him so they ended up kissing, heaped together on the ground like two oversized rag dolls ...
Belgravia Annual
... persuading Annie to adopt my view of the matri- monial question , rather than her father's . She was gentle , and easily led . I think that was why I loved her so much , for I had no notion of a scolding shrew for a wife . Well ! to ...
From Moccasins to Cowboy Boots
... persuading Annie to even go for a walk with him, but there was a special chemistry between them and eventually she gave in to it. She was seventeen and he was nineteen when they met. Frank went back home to Penn to work with his ...
Anne Gilchrist, Her Life and Writings
Anne Burrows Gilchrist Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist. H adrift out of his house , for fear of a worse thing ; probably ... persuade Annie to take a holiday or to go into society ; " -the wife's bright smile is before me as she replied ...
Necktie Parties
... Annie and eventually persuaded her to leave Smith and move into a room over the Boston Saloon at Davis and Second Streets in the north end of Portland The different cultures and races mixed freely in the red - light section of Portland ...
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
... Annie con- tinued to squeak and shriek , and beat a cer- But even while he raised them to his tain person's tattoo ... persuading Annie to de- sist from her vocal exercises and to assist Henry on to the sofa in the consulting - room ...
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
... Annie con- tinued to squeak and shriek , and beat a cer- tain person's tattoo on the floor with her Bal - face ... persuading Annie to de- sist from her vocal exercises and to assist Henry on to the sofa in the consulting - room , which ...
The Stone Circle
... persuasive. 'Annie. Give Ava to me. We need to get her back to Star. She's in a terrible state and this baby needs her mother.' 'I did it for Star,' says Annie. She doesn't hand over the baby but the fight seems to leave her. Her ...
Don't tell; or, Mistaken kindness, by M. Bennett, and The favourite scholar, by M. Howitt
... Annie , giving her little presents out of her drawer , and promising unnumbered good gifts when she received her fortune . At bed - time she persuaded Annie to ask Miss Everitt to let them sleep together , but the answer in- stantly was ...
Gender and Mobility in "Persuasion" by Jane Austen
... persuaded Anne to break up with Wentrworth, and Anne has been suffering since then. Meanwhile, Wentworth has made a fortune and built a status but has never got back in touch with her. At present, Anne's arrogant father Sir Walter, her ...
