The Poisonwood Bible Book 4, Chapter 9 Quotes
The Poisonwood Bible Book 4, Chapter 9 Quotes
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Leah Price
Quote 1
I shook [Ruth May] too hard and screamed at her. Maybe that was the last she knew of her sister Leah. (4.9.5)
Even though Ruth May was probably insensible at this point after her snake bite, Leah still blames herself for making Ruth May's last seconds less than serene.
Leah Price
Quote 2
Two dots an inch apart, as small and tidy as punctuation marks at the end of a sentence none of us could read. The sentence would have started somewhere just above her heart. (4.9.8)
The snake bite is Ruth May's death sentence. No one can read it, because no one knows where it ends … although, according to Kingsolver, it appears to end up in a tree.