Cloom

When he had first taken on the idea of Cloom as the central scheme of his life it had been for Cloom itself, or rather for the building up of an ideal

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"And besides, it's baking day," Biddy Cloom put in, shaking out white cotton petticoats briskly and hunting in her apron pockets for clothespins.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

But as a companion in his exile he could do worse than Biddy Cloom.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

Watching his face, Kirk saw that he realized, perhaps for the first time, that Aaron Stemple, and Biddy Cloom, and the Bolt brothers and Lottie and Candy and Dr. Gay, were dead now.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

Biddy Cloom straightened up, and surveyed her massacred forces on the chessboard with a critical eye.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

It had never, in his wildest dreams, occurred to him that any woman, least of all Biddy Cloom, would turn him down.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

As the music finished with a flourish he steeled himself to do what he had always suspected he would have to do, from the first moment Biddy Cloom strode down the gangplank of Clancey's boat.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

I'll be seeing boogies and burglars like Biddy Cloom does in another five minutes.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

Biddy Cloom did improve upon acquaintance, and seeing her, flushed and giggling as she swung in the arms of Stemple's imperturbable nephew, he had to admit that there were times when she was almost pretty.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

"Mrs. Hatfield, Miss Cloom," he greeted them doubtfully.

Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000