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Small island quotes:

·      “dreaming began with “when I am older” 

·      Celia “swayed as she brought the picture to her mind’s eye”

·      Hortense – “I did not dare to dream that it would one day be I who would go to England” “sail on a ship as big as a world”

·      “the house of someone high-class would have pillars at the doorway” and other designs such as glass stained coloured pictures, but some designs were stripped and covered with cardboard this was due to the destruction caused by the war 

·      Englishwoman described as “blonde-haired, pink-cheeked Englishwoman with eyes so blue they were the brightest thing in the street”

·      “I was anxious that I would be delivered to the wrong man”

·      Englishwoman describes the trunk as the size of Isle of Wight- England’s largest island, known for its beaches, was a resort area for queen Victoria and her husband prince alert- Hortense not knowing the island highlights her alienation and lack of knowledge of where she lives

·      “we had stairs in Jamaica” she reminisces her country and its surrounding 

·      Gilbert joseph’s letter to Hortense mentioned “you will see me waving my hand with joy at my young bride” “ I will be jumping up and down calling your name with longing in my tone”

·      “the only jumping and waving was done by Jamaicans”

·      “their cotton dresses with floppy bows and lace: their hats and white gloves looking gaudy against the grey of the night”

·      “looked feared- their eyes opening…