To-night he was particularly so, since his report to the company had been favourably commented upon, his new samples had been satisfactorily selected, and his trip marked out for the next six weeks.
Clara gripped the handle of the heavy glass pitcher and lifted it from the refrigerator shelf. She didn't understand why her mother thought she was too young to pour her own juice.
He emphasised the risks to the girl's baby after it had been born if the doctors had not been so alert: "Like the mother, the baby could have ended up a victim for years to come."