| 单词 | Cora |
| 例句 | Cora suspected a kind of tunnel madness afflicted railroad engineers, to a man. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora shook her head again and rubbed her arms from the chill. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora understood why old Howard had wept, back in Miss Handler’s schoolhouse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had decided on the way over that in her new position she would avoid the cadences of plantation speech the best she could. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora never got his name, nor that of the town of departure. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If Cora didn’t belong in Hob before Ava’s maneuvering, she did now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The plan changed when they came upon Cora in town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora jumped on Ridgeway’s back and strangled him with her chains, twisting them tight against his flesh. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Caesar had seen trains in Virginia; Cora had only heard tell of the machines. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora nodded as much as his grip permitted: She would not cry out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora propped herself up for a look at the girl she knew so well but had never seen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When she next emerged from the wagon, Cora sneaked around the side of Martin’s yellow house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Feast or no feast, this was where Cora ended up every Sunday when their half day of work was done: perched on her seat, looking for things to fix. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was one of the tallest men Cora had ever seen, solidly built with an arresting gaze. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Will you take my sandwich, as well?” he asked as Cora guzzled from his waterskin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Cora finished her Saturday washing and had supper, it was almost time for the social. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Preoccupied by her uncomfortable refuge and the parade of misfortunes since the slave catchers found them out, Cora did not immediately notice an important feature of the park: Everyone was white. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I need to visit the outhouse,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The shoes were not my first choice,” he told Cora, “but the dress suits you.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then Cora fixed her with the evil eye and the girl knew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He did not look at Cora, which made her fearful again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora woke in a white room, a soft mattress cupping her body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora kicked her beggar’s cup, the few coins flew into the hubbub, and she continued on her afternoon errand to fetch flour for her son’s birthday cake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Did Cora notice that there was no sign that someone had lived there, not even an old toothpick or a nail in the wall? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Despite the comfort brought by their decision to stay, it was a long night for Cora as her thoughts returned to the woman’s screams, and the ghosts she called her own. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Fiona did not enter the attic that first day, but the sound of her steps turned Cora as stiff as her old sailing mate Skipper John. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Time enough for Cora to take stock of her journey from Randall and make a thick braid of her misfortunes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Through Cora—that termite in the attic—Donald reached from beyond the grave to punish her for her joke those many years before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora sat in the center of the flatcar, wrapped one around her waist three times, grabbed another two and fashioned reins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The farm as Cora discovered it originated one winter night after a blur of slow, heavy snow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her company would have made the escape more difficult, but Cora hadn’t been a baby. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Instead, Cora stood alone, barely whispering that her husband had recently died when the inspectors reached her and poked her with their questions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Quietly at first so that only Cora could hear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z What made this or that utterance from the slave catcher worthy of inclusion, Cora could not discern. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The boy Chester and his friends grabbed Cora, startling her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As Caesar and Cora wolfed down the rest of the pumpernickel loaf and slices of ham, the men debated the merits of venturing now or after nightfall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora saved her last meal for the Hob women. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They talked some, then at a certain point Martin would stand with a solemn expression and Cora clambered back into the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There is Cora and her sisters, across the road. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The first had occurred the previous week, when Cora knocked over the chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When she could, Cora contributed turnips or greens to the birthday feasts, but nothing was coming in today. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Who knows what destiny has in store for us,” he asked Cora on his first visit, “and what kind of people we will have the pleasure to know?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You in Hob now,” Moses told Cora one afternoon when she came in from helping with the baling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had been standing in the middle of the grass, staring. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora patted the old man’s arm after the last race. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “What do you say, Skipper John,” Cora asked her fellow sailor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Now that she was awake and could speak for herself, Cora told her host that the verses were unnecessary. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until they were moving again that Cora realized she forgot to ask where they were headed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She had placed Cora with the Andersons, those months ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The two girls in front of Cora made cross-eyes at each other and giggled at his botched sounds. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was informed of the night riders’ rounds by the ripple passing through the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Despite his size, he moved with force and authority—Cora recalled the mounted bear in the museum, posed at the dramatic moment of his charge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora remembered that Mabel had extended an alibi to Calvin when some planting tools went missing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tucked her hair under the red cap. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t race next year, Cora saw, but loll at the sidelines, joking with his friends, devising mischief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Is that how Alice had got rid of everything Cora had contributed these past five years, treated every turnip knob and bunch of sour greens? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That evening Ethel let Cora stay in the extra bedroom, provided she kept the room dark and stayed away from the window. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was best if Cora went ahead to his house and waited. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Looking at them now as folks chased in and out, getting ready, it was hard for Cora to imagine a time when the fourteen cabins hadn’t been there. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s fear from moments ago returned—Ridgeway had trained her well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Well, Cora was with me when we looked in the catalogue ...” “We all know ’bout your linoleum. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She started to see Cora’s face and she looked away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Well, someone’ll think twice before blowing up this house, anyways, said Cora. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin told her he needed to fetch a wagon and Cora wasn’t convinced he was coming back. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By then Cora only needed the candlelight for company, having collected the particulars of her prison. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hesitated and he tugged her roughly forward. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s obvious madness had removed her from casual rebuke. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora thought that the whites would be loath to give up their freedoms, even in the name of security. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was well-accustomed to the screams of colored babies in torment, hungry, in pain, confused by the mania of those charged to protect them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally Cora’s mind tricked her and she’d turn the story into one of her memories, inserting the faces of ghosts, all the slave dead, who looked down at her with love and indulgence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Formerly, when the subject of relocating came up, Royal told Cora he favored Canada over the west. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had never been good at knowing if a body was with a child. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If she had, Cora would have walked up to Mabel and knocked her flat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora saw nothing for the darkness and her tears. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora fought and kicked as Ridgeway carried her to the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Tennessee hills and mountains rose around Cora like the sides of a black bowl. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had been invisible to him but now he sought her eyes when she was close, to warn her that she was invisible no more. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ethel led Cora upstairs while Martin returned the wagon to his store. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One day she decided to retaliate against a red-haired white woman who scowled at the sight of Cora’s duties “at sea.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Runaways,” Cora declared and Homer turned in his seat to wink. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora marched past them, bent as if burrowing her body into a gale. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His voice was firm and clear and for the first time that evening Cora did not miss a single word. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As she did every time, Cora considered the chances of escape and came up with the dead result. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Thinking Cora was laid up with one of her headaches, Sybil brought her some food around noon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The only thing that kept Ethel from turning her in, Cora decided, was complicity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora folded her quilt and retired to her room. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s lack of a response to the information was conspicuous. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I watch Cora eat, and feel a little ill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Cora told Caesar that on seeing the chains, she feared Fletcher had conspired with Terrance from the very beginning and that they had been conveyed to a chamber of horrors. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Toddlers clapped from the shoulders of their fathers, and Cora caught Mayor nipping at the air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z No wonder the whites wandered the park in the growing darkness, Cora thought, her forehead pressed into the wood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora averted her eyes and made her face into slate for him, as she had ever since his proposal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Watch out for Cora. She’s one of his favorites,” she says, eyes hooded as she watches the big girl reach into a boy’s bowl and scoop out a mouthful of porridge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Cora enjoyed the breeze and then felt ashamed for enjoying something. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora brings my supper, covered, on a tray. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Beau said she had paid that debt and then some and told Cora to get back to Hob. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was too distracted to reverse her mistakes in the quilt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora remembered the girl’s father had trouble with their porch steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That day, Cora was more pleasant to me than usual, Rita more surly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In Cora’s shock, the world drained to gray impressions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora took him into her room for the first time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora remembered other passages on slavery in the Good Book and shared them with her host. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She had permitted him to kiss her the night before, which he took, not without reason, as an indication Cora was finally allowing him to step up his pursuit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The wind whistled through the open door and Cora pulled her shawl tight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After Cora’s discussion with Dr. Stevens, Miss Lucy had stopped her one morning on her way to the museum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On numerous occasions as she passed on errands, Cora overheard him lobby for the redistribution of her parcel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His associate shackled Cora’s ankles, and then ran the chains through a ring in the floor of the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If that was true, then if Cora picked a day for her birthday every now and then she might hit upon hers as well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For the second time she reminded Cora of the lessons in reading and writing, which were optional but recommended, in keeping with their mission of colored uplift, especially for those with aptitude. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora mashed the lumps with her tongue the way she did when one of Alice’s helpers had prepared the meal and not the old cook herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Every Friday the town held its festival and Cora retreated to the opposite side of the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Crooked Ava had not lost her power to dissemble since her days of harassing Cora—she hooted and stomped as if it were the height of the Christmas celebrations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tried to see the face of the man, conjure the names of the children. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps Cora could talk to some of the other girls about it, in words they could understand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tried to think of who put him up to this prank. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora imagined the posses massing in the woods, girding themselves for a dash into the field. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora did not attend the festivities, although she saw the glorious fireworks that night from the dormitory window and got to see the hospital up close when her checkup came around. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hadn’t seen the woman since the night of her arrival. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I leave today’s dress here, where Cora will pick it up to be washed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora suggested they wait for the full moon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora opened her hands to examine a small pouch she held. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Cora did not immediately know what he meant. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was surprised at her difficulty in mustering the words. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One month after her arrival, at the mouth of the ghost tunnel, Cora remained certain of her decision. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora straightened her back and held her head level. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The town rose into view, the biggest Cora had seen since North Carolina, if not as long established. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The woman’s manner of walking unnerved Cora—she seemed to float, aloft on her fury. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After her days beneath Sam’s cottage, Cora declined the challenge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora put her mending to the floor and took him outside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora made a canvass of the village: Not a soul. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Maybe everything the slave catcher said was true, Cora thought, every justification, and the sons of Ham were cursed and the slave master performed the Lord’s will. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The house had been lively and inviting when the father was alive—yes, he had been there before to search for Cora’s mother and come up empty-handed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Cora caught Lander at a moment such as this, in a brief lapse between performances, he reminded her of Molly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His voice did not waver, to fortify Cora as much as himself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The dress was a one-time affair, Cora assured herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Valentine won’t let him spoil it,” Cora said, though after talking with the man in the library it seemed he’d already packed up in his mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora remained chained to the wagon as the men pursued errands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So stern the night Cora emerged from the mine, it now contained a quality of tenderness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Martin told Cora later that this was Judge Tennyson, a respected figure in town when abstemious. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Seeing them all in one room, Cora got an idea of how large they were for the first time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Blake recounted how he woke from a nap behind the stables to find Cora standing over him with her hatchet, blubbering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora lit the lamp and saw his black eye, the yellow-purple lump. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In a deft maneuver Cora tugged off a crispy ear, Molly’s favorite, and presented it to the girl. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora thought he had a mean face, like a burl sprouting from a squat, sweaty trunk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He never returned after taking Cora and Caesar out of state. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora made the mistake of turning back as she departed the kitchen and caught Alice tossing the heads into the slop bucket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He bent slightly and lifted Cora by her arm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora kneaded her calves, grateful for the time off her feet. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That’s what a lie looks like, Cora thought, and marked it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dentures replaced the teeth Cora ruined in their last encounter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora set her hands on her hips, head tilted as if hunting after a tune hidden in the noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Which was why their routine of late delighted Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nag rubbed out the knots in Cora’s hands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For Caesar and Cora it was one of their few opportunities to catch each other up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t get where it says, He that stealeth a man and sells him, shall be put to death,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora, sleeping back in the cabin she was born in, that Mabel was born in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the months that Cora had worked for the family, the mother’s bad days had markedly reduced in number. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Cora woke up that first Saturday morning, she put off looking through the spy hole. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was her grandmother talking that Sunday evening when Caesar approached Cora about the underground railroad, and she said no. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even Cora and her sisters can only bother us for a little while before they get called home to supper. sometimes, no words are needed Deep winter and the night air is cold. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z When Cora stepped into the hallway again, the woman summoned her up the stairs to the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jockey had a good birthday plan, Cora thought. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Terrance got to Cora, he slipped his hand into her shift and cupped her breast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As she did in the classroom, Cora kept looking over at her companions for guidance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora knew better than to ask who built it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sybil had dyed some burlap sacks to make a carpet, which Cora laid on when she got one of her headaches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As was her habit, Cora asked for help with words. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The nurse grabbed Cora’s arm and Dr. Campbell stabbed the needle in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora pictured her, scrappy and determined, a survivor of famine and the hard relocation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The smoke from his pipe smelled like potatoes and Cora’s stomach made a noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora heard her going about her duties, sighing to herself and muttering invectives toward her absent employers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He hadn’t expected to find Cora but had been utterly delighted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had no intention of watching the weekly spectacle but looked forward to one last stretch in the bed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tried to picture what the woman did when she was not managing the dormitory, how she spent her Sundays. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had seen starving slaves with more meat on their bones. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was acquainted with this squeamish quality of Lovey’s, but she did not recognize the other side of her friend, whatever had overtaken the girl and made her run. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “We wanted to make sure before we told you,” Cora added. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That first day, Cora acquainted herself with the life of the park, the patch of green she’d seen across the street from the house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “And if we say, we don’t say it for anyone to hear,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once Cora had gleaned what she could from the yellowed pamphlets, she started on the old almanacs, with their projections and ruminations about the tides and stars, and bits of obscure commentary. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The night was his opponent, Cora decided, the night and the phantoms he filled it with. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora filled her in on what there was left to tell, going back to Jockey’s birthday. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar climbed into the car and Lumbly abruptly shut them in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora leaned into the pump of the handcar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar sprinted through the wild grass, exposed for the first time since the swamp. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora thanked the Lord that her skin had never been burned in such a way. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They were obsolete, last year’s weather, but Cora adored the old almanacs for containing the entire world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The windows of the library shattered and Cora saw the books burning on the shelves inside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora never saw her face even as she became a student of the girl’s sighs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was about to chain Cora to the wagon when Ridgeway said to bring her outside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nag had never been close to Cora’s mother but that didn’t stop her from befriending the girl when she became a stray. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But Cora never joined her, tugging her arm away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Caesar and Cora listened to the insects as the enormity of their plan moved over them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora looked at him in surprise, and I could see she hadn’t told him of her own physical pains. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know 40 was special,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora thought back to the night she and Caesar decided to stay, the screaming woman who wandered into the green when the social came to an end. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Like Cora, Nag had been relocated to Hob over politics. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once Mabel ran, Cora thought of her as little as possible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, Cora Blue used to make us those.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was Chester’s first proper licking, and Cora’s first in half a year. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had told Royal about the attic days in North Carolina, but seeing the year on the cover—an object conjured from the future—spurred Cora to her own magic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He told him the old story of Cora and her garden and Blake’s doghouse, and Caesar thought, That sounds about right. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora slept, nestled between the rafters as if in the cramped hold of a ship. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the journey to South Carolina, Cora had slept in the turbulent car, nestled against Caesar’s warm body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I had never thought much about Cora’s troubles before. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z What a world it is, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora slept next to her in the loft, ten years later, when Mabel apologized for making her a stray. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Two men Cora’s age joined the lessons in the meeting house, eager runaways more ignorant than she was. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora drew her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ridgeway didn’t alter his stride to accommodate Cora’s hindered pace, walking ahead of her and unconcerned that she might run. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora wasn’t accustomed to a quiet cabin—on Randall there was always a shriek or cry or sigh to break a moment—and certainly not accustomed to this type of maternal performance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora always fell asleep following Martin’s visit, sometimes after an interval of sobbing and sometimes so quickly she was like a candle being blown out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had savored this fact in a multitude of ways over the months, but the provision for colored education was among the most nourishing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The white woman was gathering a stack of her blue papers when Cora poked her head into the office. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Chickens stuffed with sawdust pecked at the ground; from time to time Cora tossed imaginary seed at them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The image of her grandmother assaulting another slave didn’t jibe with Cora’s recollections of the woman, but once she started tending to the plot she understood the truth of the portrait. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ridgeway whispered to her while looking at Cora, something she couldn’t hear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was getting braver but still stuck close to the dormitories when not attending to the Andersons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But no, Cora didn’t like his smart talk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Yes, Cora needed to keep better guard over her thoughts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She teased Cora about Royal staying the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Now, well. Can’t have our Cora looking like the floor of a butcher’s shop.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Like the rest of the farm, Cora regarded the man with awe. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora comes into the kitchen, from the pantry at the back, where they keep the mops and brooms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if Cora turned her head fast, it looked as if the thing were winking at her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora understood why—after the town deducted for food, housing, and miscellany like upkeep on the dormitories and schoolbooks, there was little left. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I suppose it was Cora who found her,” I say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point it shook so much that Cora put her arms around Caesar and they stayed like that for a good while, squeezing each other at the more urgent tremors, pressed against the hay. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nor did Cora participate, being new to the class, the farm, their way of doing things. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If Cora worried about one of the white people who worked on the twelfth floor questioning her when she got off the elevator, Martin told her, she could take the stairs for the final flights. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora missed the white stores and their abundant shelves, but she still had her evening walks home, and her game with the changing window displays. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “It a good baby?” says Cora as she’s setting down the tray. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora rarely thought of the boy she had killed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z According to the house slaves, Master James was more upset that his brother had touched his property, and before so many witnesses, than with Chester and Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora appreciated the labor that had gone into its construction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lindsey being a slim, hummingbird woman fresh out of Tennessee, who maintained a demented cheer that Cora couldn’t understand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once, though, I heard Rita say to Cora that she wouldn’t debase herself like that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasper s and Cora’s wrists and ankles remained manacled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora lay down on the bench, seized by one of her headaches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Through the schoolhouse window, framed by two of the older cabins—their whitewash smeared to gray, worn down like those who slept inside them—Cora huddled with her favorite at the starting line. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The stuffed coyotes on their stands did not lie, Cora supposed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Caesar bid Cora to wash up first, and joined Sam. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z While Cora twisted in her delirium, Ethel read from the Bible to speed her recuperation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ethel looked at Cora for the first time, her drawn face framed by the hatch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But there had been real debate, with Cora agitating for the train and Caesar arguing for the local potential. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora moved to one part of the collection and touched a metal loop with spikes radiating toward its center. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The mica mine was only a few miles away—even if Martin had the grit to run with Cora, they would not make it to the next county without an examination. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The big girl, Cora, looks at me, shoveling her porridge into her mouth with her hand. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He talked in a way that told Cora he was scheming. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They, his foster parents Frank and Cora Mercer, had found him floating on an inflated rubber air-rescue raft, off the coast of New England...or had it been Mexico, near the port of Tampico? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He had a horseshoe brand on his neck and pulled up his collar to hide it when Cora’s eyes lingered. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He nodded at Cora and continued his stroll among his Africans as he shared his improvements. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The slave catcher did not speak, sneering at Cora with his bloody mouth the while. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was two weeks after Jockey’s birthday and Cora was still on the mend. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar grew more casual about referring to Randall in public as the months passed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora dragged herself into the circle, checking the Randall brothers’ reactions on every turn like everyone else. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The boy was simple, Cora decided, responsibilities of his office notwithstanding. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora offered that perhaps it was good the house had been searched—it would be some time before they returned. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Behind me, one of them, Cora or Rita, leaves her space in the tableau and pads off towards the kitchen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar roundly beaten by the crowd in preparation for their delivery back to Terrance, and whatever their master had devised to surpass Big Anthony’s torments. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One of them spoke, startling Cora—his head was inches below her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora changed the subject when he engaged in such talk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He assumed from Terrance’s eagerness and the size of the bounty that Cora was her master’s concubine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora curled on the floor of the main room, too afraid to sleep up there with them, those abject creatures. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hoped the musicians wouldn’t think them rude for their inattention. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora closed her eyes, but a vision of the boy lying in bed, his head bandaged and the big man with the beard standing over him, forestalled her slumber. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She was safe then, protected altogether, by the time Cora opened the door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora would have said it served him right, had his punishment not made her shiver to think about. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The main street must be nearby, Cora thought, funneling the town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The cave-in that had so distressed Cora was a ruse to camouflage the operation below. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After a nurse in a stark white uniform checked her name off a list, Cora joined the group of women. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora collapsed on the rocks and wept until sleep overtook her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hadn’t picked up a needle apart from simple mending since Mabel left. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora smiled back at him uncertainly and gave a faint nod of agreement. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Lovey saw Caesar and Cora walk to it, and Cora shook her head at her friend’s amusement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe she in Canada,” Lindsey answered when Cora decided it was her turn. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Both he and Cora decided his skittish personality had not helped them during the close call the previous night, when in another bad omen the regulators knocked on the front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So many of those who had helped Cora had come to awful fates. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s own act of murder he excused as a matter of self-protection, but Red’s naked bloodthirstiness was another matter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lovey’s sighs and curses when she needed a rest saved Cora from asking. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was Martin’s turn to absent himself while Ethel assumed responsibility for their guest, nursing Cora through two days of fever and convulsions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora broke from her rescuers once they got her outside and down the steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was proud of the progress she made with her reading in South Carolina and the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The band closed with spirited renditions of two colored songs Cora recognized, which proved the most popular of the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora thought she had made a fine adjustment to the more delicate rhythms of domestic work. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora smiles at me, a smile that includes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora stared at the wax faces of the white people. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora kissed him and ran her hands over the territory of his body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora sits on a chair outside in the hall, to see that no one else goes in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora declined to join her friend in her derision. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At the sight of him, Cora added her voice to the chorus of lamentation that echoed across the farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora slept in her stomach, the size of a fist, when Mabel apologized for what she was bringing her into. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His youth and slight frame reminded Cora of the engineer of her last train trip, inducted by circumstance into the work of men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora got on her knees and planted anew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora fell asleep nestled against her mother’s stomach and never saw her again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But the white exhibits contained as many inaccuracies and contradictions as Cora’s three habitats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Better his precious baby Cora grow up with new parents who could give her everything she wanted than with a half-wit like him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Cora climbed up into the nook with fresh rations and a clean chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora collapsed once they entered the cabin and were out of sight of the rest of the village. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z With the surgeries that Dr. Stevens described, Cora thought, the whites had begun stealing futures in earnest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora slapped her hands on the cushions of the parlor car and said the farm suited her just fine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He offered his customary vulgar promise as he knelt before Cora, sniffing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Martin always fidgeted when Cora raised the idea of initiative. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora took his precociousness as a tribute to his talents. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora huddled in a corner, making herself small behind the final rafter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The next time Cora’s grandmother was sold was after a month in the pest house on Sullivan’s Island, once the physicians certified her and the rest of the Nanny's cargo clear of illness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ridgeway and Boseman were drinking in a tavern around the corner from the jail while little Homer waited with Cora and the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If Cora’s own mask was occasionally askew, she proved adept at maintaining the disguise of Bessie Carpenter, late of North Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora crept on Calvin after supper: I need help. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They had quarreled over her while she waited at the mine, Cora knew, and would resume that argument once they dealt with the matter before them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The reason was not immediately clear to Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora sat up and he repeated what he’d just told her fellow fugitive. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The child that lived past the age of ten was Cora’s mother, Mabel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora opened Martin’s visits with the same question. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z To be sure, Cora was not a natural believer, and her education had been terminated sooner than she wished. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It had been Ethel’s childhood Bible that Martin gave to Cora, smudged and stained by her fingers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora pulled herself up above the false ceiling, into the cramped nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora started working her second day, thoughts in a knot over Valentine’s motto: “Stay, and contribute.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I heard him call you Cora. Is that your name?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora in her comfortable darkness patted the sturdy wall: It had kept her safe. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The building was also used for meetings in need of a more serious atmosphere than that of the common rooms, Cora noticed, such as the assemblies on hygiene and feminine matters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lying on the ground, her head a few feet away from her body, is Cora. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She had never left the plantation before she and Caesar ran away, so South Carolina gave Cora her first glimpse of the mingling of races in towns and cities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and her sisters brag about what they are getting, dolls and skates and swing sets. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Cora didn’t know if that was true, but she certainly didn’t lack for reading material. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z While the other girls gossiped and said good night one by one, Cora practiced her letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z With the Unwomen, and starve to death and Lord knows what all? said Cora. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jasper wasn’t killed by no mob,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This particular afternoon, Cora walked out with Molly once the bell sounded. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had met a few of them on Valentine and didn’t care for that regional peculiarity, even if they knew how to bake a good pie. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The dirt at her feet had a story, the oldest story Cora knew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tried to engage him, asking after the place he fled, the business of working cane, how he took flight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora remembered Caesar’s words about the men at the factory who were haunted by the plantation, carrying it here despite the miles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora searched for Caesar’s face in the crowd. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After six weeks at the museum, Cora hit upon a rotation that suited her personality. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Here Cora stalked a section of a frigate’s deck, around the mast, various small barrels, and coils of rope. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora enjoyed the woman’s company and frowned when she left. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There were no plans for the next leg of Cora’s journey, no word from associates. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Months later, Cora still didn’t know how she had survived the trip from Georgia. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I remember from April that it’s Cora who lights the fires, in the sitting room and the dining room, in cooler weather. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Some day, Miss Lucy told Cora one afternoon while they walked the green, all the numbers and figures and notes would make a great contribution to their understanding of colored life. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had seen little children, ones younger than Maisie, use the same primer for their lessons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora sat with wide eyes, her hands clenched tightly in worry. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In the morning, Cora went to her assigned work with the rest of the girls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I remember Cora, earlier in the spring, staggering around even though she had the flu, holding on to the door frames when she thought no one was looking, being careful not to cough. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ruckus from inside the bar and Cora stepped farther into the shadows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Two days after the incident at the social, Cora was still troubled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora couldn’t tell what feature of the landscape had persuaded the homesteaders to plant their futures, fertile earth or water or vistas. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hadn’t thought of the boy since they stepped underground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The teacher checked to make sure her students hadn’t heard Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the silent road Caesar and Cora nestled among Fletcher’s crates. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From time to time, Cora had to turn her body to catch her breath. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Jasper might as well have been invisible most of the time, smaller than lint. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Not long after it became known that Cora’s womanhood had come into flower, Edward, Pot, and two hands from the southern half dragged her behind the smokehouse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a place of healing,” Royal told Cora on the train north. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora couldn’t make much out of his poems: a visitation of a magnificent presence, a seeker awaiting a message. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had been figuring on Sam’s news all day, holding it up to the light like a hideous bauble, tilting it so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The stalks were up to Cora’s shoulders now, bending and tottering, sprouting leaves and squares that were bigger every morning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Toward the front of the house, Cora saw the street, and beyond that, a grass field. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the woman had wed a seaman of incorrigible appetites and hated the reminder—Cora didn’t know the source of her animus, or care. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A freckled woman unfamiliar to Cora—so many strangers these days—carried on about the lynchings in a loud voice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hunkered and pressed her face to the wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora expected the blanket to be ripped off the next moment and made a portrait of the ensuing mayhem. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was no new model, and on numerous occasions during their trip Cora feared it was on the verge of collapse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then there was the matter of Chester’s clumsiness and Cora’s incomprehensible action. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I have black skin, but I don’t have a tail. As far as I know—I never thought to look,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then he sat up abruptly and spoke to Cora. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z No chains fastened Cora’s misfortunes to her character or actions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora left to the sound of the large pews scraping to make room to dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora shuddered and he whispered, “I know you were worried. I didn’t feel like mixing with folks tonight, reckoned I’d wait here.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was reassured but lingered in the doorway. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Now that they were in the same room, Cora was compelled to rectify her months of silence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Caesar woke Cora, the sun was getting down. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora stared into her eyes, unwavering and fierce, until the woman broke, fairly running from the glass toward the agricultural section. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After Cora agreed to go with them—never had an inevitability been so politely proposed—the three men made haste to hide the signs of the altercation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Oversize volumes contained maps of lands Cora had never heard of, the outlines of the unconquered world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The slave catcher got into the wagon for the first time since he picked up Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’m what the botanists call a hybrid,” he said the first time Cora heard him speak. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The next morning Cora asked for the almanacs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her master had been a terror, Sybil told Cora, a tobacco man who competed with the neighboring planters every year over the biggest crop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The fuss started when Cora took it over. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora pictured the insurrections as great, bloody battles, unfurling beneath a night sky lit by vast fires. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Having tasted freedom’s bounty, it was incomprehensible to Cora that Mabel had abandoned her to that hell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Take a look: Cora claimed Frank planned the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora slept across three seats, free from chains and attic gloom for the first time in months. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had dared to step out among the dancers and close her eyes and twirl and when she opened them Edward was there, his eyes alight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z South Carolina maintained a different attitude toward colored progress, as Sam had told Cora on the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora held Royal’s head in her lap, just as she had the afternoon of the picnic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I could go down to the kitchen then, say I’m afraid, sit with Rita and Cora around the kitchen table, they would permit my fear because it’s one they share, they’d let me in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When Cora was young, the overseer’s hair was a livid Irish red that curled from his straw hat like the wings of a cardinal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He took a sip of his beer, focusing on the black bottle and avoiding Cora’s eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Also recruited from Miss Handler’s schoolhouse, Isis and Betty were similar in age and build to Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She stooped before one of the cabinets and ran her fingers over the blue-tinted papers, glancing in Cora’s direction every so often. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora read the accounts of slaves who had been born in chains and learned their letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They reminded Cora of the buzzards that chewed the flesh of the plantation dead when they were put on display. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Not soon after Blake made his intentions known, Cora woke one morning to the violation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If Cora’s father had lived, would Mabel be here now, tramping through the marsh? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had closed her eyes when their loud rapping on the front door shocked her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora hadn’t left the top floors of the house in months but her perspective roved widely. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora wondered what waited for them that they lingered so purposefully, the same people week after week. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After the night of the feast and in the following bloody days she and Mary ministered to Cora, applying brine and poultices to her ravaged skin and making sure she ate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora comes in first, then Rita, wiping her hands on her apron. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Royal was taken aback when Cora told him later that she was wanted for murder in Georgia. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was kneeling beside me, I felt her hand touch my back. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora had heard Michael recite the Declaration of Independence back on the Randall plantation many times, his voice drifting through the village like an angry phantom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had started braiding the girl’s hair on the mornings when her mother left for work early, and the last few days Molly had reached for her hand when school ended. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I’m taking Cora for some supper,” Ridgeway said, and led her into the racket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora knew that Martin was about to recount his accidental recruitment, which meant extra time outside the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s assailant was boyish and slender, perhaps the son of one of the other hunters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As if they’d twirl in circles, arm in arm, with Lovey catching a boy’s eyes for a second on every revolution and Cora following suit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “If we stay,” Cora said, “Mingo wouldn’t allow people like me. The runaways. Those with nowhere to go.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had stopped listening to him, to Homer’s unwholesome snickering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora sat by the edge of her plot on her block of sugar maple and worked dirt from under her fingernails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora did not trust her, yet there she stood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora retreated into its shadows when she needed a break from the faces. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother knew nothing about the ship’s fate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Never seen a white person pick cotton,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Caesar and Cora made their way up the dusty road into town, unbelieving. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The town moved in and then Cora couldn’t see them anymore. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Caesar had seen Cora stripped naked for her whippings, the blood pouring over her skin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The little girl made Cora wonder what her own children might be like one day. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I lift my head just long enough to see Cora give me a smug look, and I know at that moment she’s the reason the sheriff caught me in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother was sold a few times on the trek to the fort, passed between slavers for cowrie shells and glass beads. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The night before Ridgeway put an end to South Carolina, Cora lingered on the roof of the Griffin Building, trying to see where she had come from. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had been to town plenty, even climbed the steps of the white bakery to buy a cake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora slunk over to Hob, where they banished the wretched. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She cherished her chickens more than those children and coveted Cora’s land to expand her coop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother saw a little boy among the gawkers eating rock candy and wondered what he was putting in his mouth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In another list, Cora marked the decisions that led her to this wagon and its iron rings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had seen the wheeled platform in the corner of the park that day; children climbed and jumped on it all afternoon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This is what Cora saw: Nowhere to hide. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora raised her hands, the chains making a noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The people she chose, young and old, from the rich part of town or the more modest streets, did not individually persecute Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bell awakens me; and then Cora, knocking at my door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the workday Cora staggered and Nag rushed to steady her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When she found the words to share it with Cora, the girl would understand there was something beyond the plantation, past all that she knew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When it came to harboring Cora, or any other runaway, Martin was unprepared in every way. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her proctor had more information about the program, he told Cora, and was available to talk about any concern. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora headed straight to the rocking chair, which she’d claimed as hers on her first day. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora sat in the front of the class nowadays, and when Georgina corrected her—on her penmanship or arithmetic or speech—she no longer smarted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had become too accustomed to escaping unscathed from encounters with white authority. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Hell, I haven’t eaten like this since Cora Blue was around. She practically raised me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She explained that her master named her Bessie, but in the quarter everyone called her Cora because she looked so much like her mother. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora caught on that they were heading west instead of south. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It won’t be long now, says Cora, doling out my monthly stack of sanitary napkins. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora was not the only victim of abuse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The last time Cora needed to hide in this manner, they required room for two. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The first time Caesar approached Cora about running north, she said no. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The room smelled pleasantly of smoke when Cora sat down in one of the big chairs with Valentine’s books. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was still squinting over his idiocy when she got her first bowl of the soup. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z You would have thought Cora’s grandmother cursed, so many times was she sold and swapped and resold over the next few years. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her knitting piled in her lap, she stared at Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora started for the stairs but they complained reliably, warning her so often these last few months, that she knew she wouldn’t be able to make it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In another scene, years hence, Cora walked down a busy street in her city and came across her mother. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The original residents had a more thorough list of wildfires and floods and tornadoes, Cora thought when Ridgeway shared the shopkeeper’s words. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They agreed that in the morning Cora should return to the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then Cora caught sight of it—the single drop of wine staining the cuff of his lovely white shirt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But that means backing down from Cora, and I’ve seen her kind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When Martin came that night and they cleaned, he told Cora it was best if he didn’t mention the close call to Ethel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was well-fed, Cora observed, gobbling down the treats and bones offered by the citizens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From the daughter’s bright and pleasant manner, Cora decided she took after her father, and filled in her broad face using Martin as a template. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora even took a sip of the beer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The girl’s vulgarities reminded Cora of the plantation and the stream of oaths delivered by the hands when master’s eye was not on them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But the song was a work song Cora knew from the cotton rows, drawing her back to the Randall cruelties and making her heart thud. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora couldn’t put her together in her mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After a few weeks of sniffing around and assessing the northern half, Blake decided that Cora’s spread would be a nice place to tie up his dog. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had almost forgotten he liked to work with wood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Outside, our swing set is empty finally, Cora and her sisters now gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I checked on Cora often after he died. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Now in the thin moonlight, her head throbbing, Cora appraised her tiny garden. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She had a wet cloth ready and placed it on Cora’s brow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora stood in the guts of a mountain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On hearing of Cora’s accidental killing of the boy in Georgia, he smiled and said, “Good.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora figured that a new wave of immigrants would replace the Irish, fleeing a different but no less abject country, the process starting anew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Molly tugged her along, squeezing hard, and Cora enjoyed being led. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After pacing, unable to sit, Cora did the only thing that calmed her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar were almost to town when he said, “Meg works for one of those Washington Street families. One of those big houses you see?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora was friendly with Gloria, who called Cora “the Adventuress,” owing to the many complications of her journey, but she hadn’t spoken to Gloria’s husband beyond greetings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Or even his heart was tired of his wickedness,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora believed in that part of the holy book, at least. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora shooed off those children trampling her sprouts and yelled at them for digging up her yam slips, using the same tone she used at Jockey’s feasts to corral them into foot races and games. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A cue for the musicians, and a cue for Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora spent most of the day in her bedroom with the latest almanac Royal had given her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Could I leave it on the plate, ask Cora not to report me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cora had taken the rear and been the one grabbed by the two men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nag helped Cora up the steps to Hob. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the jumble of collisions, Cora’s head knocked across the stone. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The peculiar institution made Cora into a maker of lists as well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Molly had an appointment at home. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora crawled to it, stooping beneath the rafters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One morning as I was making coffee, Cora came forward with a tray loaded with food and squeezed against me to draw a cup of coffee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora warns me the Devil will soon be alive again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z As she moved through the examination, Cora got the impression she was being conveyed on a belt, like one of Caesar’s products, tended down the line with care and diligence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This time the girl was puttering around in the kitchen when Cora kicked the pot against the wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora got a brief look at the parlor, which was modestly furnished; after Martin’s warnings, the morning light through the window quickened her step. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had come to cherish the impossible treasures of the Valentine farm so completely that she’d forgotten how impossible they were. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Told you when I was born,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As she and the other types were about to get dressed, Isis asked if she could switch rooms with Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora needed no advice on the virtues of perseverance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had light, and another thing she did not have in South Carolina—sound. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar needed to arrive under the blanket or else blindfolded, he explained. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sitting in the dark, nestled into the rafters, Cora understood that she was alone again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had not seen him since the first night, but she had heard every speech of the Friday-night finales. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Now that she had run away and seen a bit of the country, Cora wasn’t sure the document described anything real at all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For an instant, Cora was back on Randall and about to be educated in another atrocity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora couldn’t see Lovey’s face for the sun behind her, but she knew her friend’s expression. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Lander finished his address that August night, Cora and Royal sat on the meeting-house steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora watched from the side, Royal’s hand resting on her hip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His day to day on the estate consisted of conducting sordid parties in the big house and putting his slaves to bleak amusements, forcing them to serve as his victims in Cora’s stead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Newcomers and visitors shared Cora’s room from time to time, but for the most part the other two beds were empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had been with them for a few weeks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora recognized the boys and girls who accompanied her, even if the children did not remember her as the Andersons’ old girl. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z People moved in the corners of Cora’s vision: shadows of gossips and scolds. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora's grandmother had never seen the ocean before that bright afternoon in the port of Ouidah and the water dazzled after her time in the fort’s dungeon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The girl who opened the door looked at Cora with suspicion, even after she explained who she was. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lander’s words had set Cora in a melancholy place. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had peeked inside Sam’s saloon in North Carolina but never crossed the threshold. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora spoke of her mother, Mabel, who absconded one day and left her to the inconstant mercy of the world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I feel it when I go to town now,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She sipped a glass of lemonade and did not look at Cora as she said, “You’re going to get us murdered.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora remembered seeing a broom in a corner of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That, and the knowledge they will not be sold, Cora added. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Behind the next window, Miss Lucy cut open Cora’s stomach with a letter opener and a thousand black spiders spilled from her guts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After all it cost her, Cora didn’t know if it made her proud or more spiteful toward the woman. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The previous night in Tennessee, Ridgeway had called Cora and her mother a flaw in the American scheme. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Whether or not he kept to his route, Cora couldn’t tell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora ran her hand along the wall of the tunnel, the ridges and pockets. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora descended into the attic proper, to stretch and breathe different air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He had an odd manner of speech, a queer lilt that reminded Cora of the way those on the plantation sounded after they lost their wits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora reached for her hair before realizing that after her interment there was no improving her appearance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From all accounts, the slave master’s preoccupation with Cora and her escape only deepened over time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Later, Cora crawled back up the steps, perching just beneath the door, and listened. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jamison was present, Martin told Cora, in his capacities as a senator and local planter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora’s mother and Ava grew up on the plantation at the same time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Caesar and Cora were as good as murderers in the eyes of the county. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora had just finished a splendid meal in her dormitory. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tested the water in one of the barrels. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Fresh arrivals to the Valentine farm made it so Cora was no longer the greenhorn, bumbling about. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ethel quizzed Cora, dubious as to how much their guest could read and understand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora let out a noise when the man leaned against the cart, rocking it, but he didn’t hear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mingo had been distant to her on account of the attention that runaways brought to the farm, and when he heard she was wanted for murder, shunned Cora altogether. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Chester never said a word to Cora again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora thought better of contributing to the discussion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath because his knowing Cora Blue seems to safen things up a little. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Cora and Caesar drank greedily from the pitcher Fletcher offered them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That night Royal and Cora sat in the front row next to Mingo and his family, the wife and children he had rescued from slavery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Royal was the first freeborn man Cora had ever met. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The colored wing was having a busy morning when Cora gave her name to the receptionist. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora retrieved his spectacles from the dirt and cleaned them with her sleeve and the three of them waited. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z November sapped them with Indiana cold, but two events made Cora forget about the weather. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora stood and shook, incredulous, until she heard the train stop and back up on the tracks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once Valentine lay before her in its seductive plenty, there was no question of Cora leaving. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The blood and the bone covered the inside of the canopy, splashing Cora’s filthy shift. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora assigned it to the shorter night rider, the one with the beard. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But Cora asked everyone on the farm sooner or later, the farm being its own kind of depot, attracting people who were between places. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora visited the library frequently as the weather turned. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z From Jamison’s side of the conversation, Cora gathered that the recruit had been making the rounds of the county, learning the protocols of his squad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The night rider who threw Cora down the stairs cleared his throat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora tried to slide in gentle words about her friend, a gift that she could hold later. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the day of Sam’s departure, Cora embraced him and kissed his whiskered cheek. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Gently she warned Cora against “abusing the garments.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora always arranged the children at the starting line, aiming their feet, calming the skittish ones, and graduating some to the older kids’ race if need be. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As Cora bent in the rows she looked out for an overseer, haunted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “We know it, but don’t say it,” Cora told Martin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He got Cora’s ankle chains from the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If it made them happy, who was Cora to belittle them? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One of the rats woke Cora with its teeth and when she settled herself, she crawled across the dirt of the platform in her search. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But add a pair of commas, and Cora becomes the suspect: Cora, claimed Frank, planned the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the maid moved on, Cora returned to her tiny range of activities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Since Harriet had married and moved out, Cora, Molly, and Sybil were the only inhabitants of their cabin, sleeping in the two rooms off the main living area. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Boseman let out a mortifying gasp as they departed, which Cora took as his death rattle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora and Ridgeway returned to the wagon to find Homer rubbing his small thumbs on the reins and Boseman sipping whiskey from a bottle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The boy turned his head shyly from something Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was stark and unadorned in its construction in a way Cora had never seen before, as if to announce its efficiency in its very walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I saw people moving back into number 40,” Cora said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora covered her mouth to keep in her scream. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cora heard Ethel descend the stairs, and when her host returned she handed Cora food, a jug of water, and a chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If not for her, the slave catcher wouldn’t have obsessed so over Cora’s capture. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She’ll wait for me then, in case there’s trouble; in case Cora and Rita wake up, no one knows why, come in from their room at the back of the kitchen. 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