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Ida Murphy
An employee at Ida Murphy’s orphanage, which is co-run by Georgia Tann. Mrs. Pulnik has a heavy accent that indicates she is possibly from Norway. She helps gather the children in the orphanage for their baths, helps dress them for viewings, and generally keeps an eye on them. Mrs. Pulnik spends a lot of time with Rill Foss and her siblings, but she is not kind and sometimes hurts Rill or one of the others to make them stop complaining or keep them from telling other people the truth about life at the orphanage. Mrs. Pulnik is the one who drags Rill away when she tries to tell the people who want to adopt Gabion Foss that their parents are still alive.
Mrs. Pulnik Quotes in Before We Were Yours
The Before We Were Yours quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Pulnik or refer to Mrs. Pulnik. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16
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“Perhaps you should have thought of that before you invented some ridiculous story about your fictitious sister and poor Mr. Riggs.”
Blood pounds in my head. I try to make sense of what she’s saying, but I can’t.
“There never was any… Camellia. You and I both know that, don’t we, May? There were four of you when you came here. Two little sisters and one little brother. Only four. And we’ve done a marvelous job in finding homes, thus far. Good homes. And for that, you are most grateful, aren’t you?” She motions to Mrs. Pulnik. […] “There will be no more of this nonsense out of you. Do you understand?”
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Mrs. Pulnik Quotes in Before We Were Yours
The Before We Were Yours quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Pulnik or refer to Mrs. Pulnik. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16
Quotes
“Perhaps you should have thought of that before you invented some ridiculous story about your fictitious sister and poor Mr. Riggs.”
Blood pounds in my head. I try to make sense of what she’s saying, but I can’t.
“There never was any… Camellia. You and I both know that, don’t we, May? There were four of you when you came here. Two little sisters and one little brother. Only four. And we’ve done a marvelous job in finding homes, thus far. Good homes. And for that, you are most grateful, aren’t you?” She motions to Mrs. Pulnik. […] “There will be no more of this nonsense out of you. Do you understand?”
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