Short Fiction

The Soldier's Peaches By Stuart Cloete

'"Quite right, young man. A filthy habit. He"--she pointed to George's back--"thinks I am a disgrace to the family." She chuckled. "But I bred them. If it wasn't for me, there'd be no family--and the store is mine. That's what they don't like. They'd like to sell the store and go into something else--too grand for Brennen's general store. Ride round in motor-cars. That's what they want to do--just ride round and round. There's no sense in riding round and round." She looked at her visitor. He seemed a little bewildered. Never seen anyone like me before, she thought.' (Cloete, The Soldier's Peaches, 37)




... The connection between this story and my first quote, is that there is someone calling someone else a disgrace to something. In this short story there is a man calling the girl a disgrace to her family, which closely related to the first quote. '..."thinks I am a disgrace to the family."...'(Cloete 37) shows the biggest connection between this story and everything I have found so far...