All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now…

Elizabeth George Speare
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All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps. ✨ Elizabeth George Speare (1958). The Witch of Blackbird Pond, p.249, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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All the way up the river she's been holding back somehow, waiting. Now you'll both have to wait. I'm not going to disappoint her, Kit. When I take you on board the Witch, it's going to be for keeps. ✨ Elizabeth George Speare (1958). The Witch of Blackbird Pond, p.249, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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