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Toad encounters the woman on a barge when he escapes from jail. She’s a stout woman, with big arms and mottled skin. The woman kindly offers to take Toad down the river when she believes Toad is actually a human washerwoman. However, the woman forces Toad to prove he’s a washerwoman by asking him to do some laundry for her in exchange for the ride—and when she discovers he’s neither a washerwoman nor a human, she throws him into the river. Toad steals her horse, but he later compensates her for it.
The Woman Quotes in The Wind in the Willows
The The Wind in the Willows quotes below are all either spoken by The Woman or refer to The Woman. 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 Eleven
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“Now, Toady, I don’t want to give you pain, after all you’ve been through already; but, seriously, don’t you see what an awful ass you’ve been making of yourself? On your own admission you have been handcuffed, imprisoned, starved, chased, terrified out of your life, insulted, jeered at, and ignominiously flung into the water—by a woman, too! Where’s the amusement in that? Where does the fun come in? And all because you must needs go and steal a motor car.”
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The Woman Quotes in The Wind in the Willows
The The Wind in the Willows quotes below are all either spoken by The Woman or refer to The Woman. 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 Eleven
Quotes
“Now, Toady, I don’t want to give you pain, after all you’ve been through already; but, seriously, don’t you see what an awful ass you’ve been making of yourself? On your own admission you have been handcuffed, imprisoned, starved, chased, terrified out of your life, insulted, jeered at, and ignominiously flung into the water—by a woman, too! Where’s the amusement in that? Where does the fun come in? And all because you must needs go and steal a motor car.”
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