Every evening the boys would wheel her sofa out on the porch, in hopes of coolness; but it was of no use: the evenings were as warm as the days, and the yellow dust hanging in the air made the sunshine look thick and hot. - P11
All the last half of Cousin Helen‘s stay, the weather was excessively sultry. She felt very much, though the children did all they could to make her comfortable, with shaded rooms, and iced water, and fans. - P11
The summer had been cool; but, as often happens after cool summers, the autumn proved unusually hot. It seemed as if the months had been playing a game, and had "changed places" all round; and as if September were determined to show that he knew how to make himself just as disagreeable as August, if only he chose to do so. - P11
WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOLby SUSAN COOLIDGECHAPTER I. CONIC SECTION.It was just after that happy visit of which I told at the end of "What Katy Did," that Elsie and John made their famous excursion to Conic Section; an excursion which neither of them ever forgot, and about which the family teased them for a long time afterward. - P11
■ 저자 소개수잔 쿨리지(1835~1905)는 미국의 동화작가인 사라 울세이(Sarah Chauncey Woolsey)의 필명입니다. 쿨리지는 뉴잉글랜드의 부유한 가정에서 태어났습니다. 그녀의 집이코네티컷주 뉴헤이븐으로 이사한 뒤에는 줄곧 그곳에서 어린시절을 보냈습니다. 자신의 가족에게서 영감을 받아 창작한 어린이 소설 케이티 시리즈로 잘 알려져 있습니다. - P3