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Old Grannis
Miss Baker is an elderly spinster who lives in the same building as McTeague, Trina, and Old Grannis. She mostly keeps to herself, though she does occasionally stop by to speak with McTeague and Trina. She is secretly in love with Old Grannis, something she finally admits toward the end of the novel.
Miss Baker Quotes in McTeague
The McTeague quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Baker or refer to Miss Baker. 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 17
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After that they spoke but little. The day lapsed slowly into twilight, and the two old people sat there in the gray evening, quietly, quietly, their hands in each other’s hands, “keeping company,” but now with nothing to separate them. It had come at last. After all these years they were together; they understood each other. They stood at length in a little Elysium of their own creating. They walked hand in hand in a delicious garden where it was always autumn.
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Miss Baker Quotes in McTeague
The McTeague quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Baker or refer to Miss Baker. 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:
).
Chapter 17
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After that they spoke but little. The day lapsed slowly into twilight, and the two old people sat there in the gray evening, quietly, quietly, their hands in each other’s hands, “keeping company,” but now with nothing to separate them. It had come at last. After all these years they were together; they understood each other. They stood at length in a little Elysium of their own creating. They walked hand in hand in a delicious garden where it was always autumn.
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