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See: blind, camouflage, conceal, confound, cover, disguise, muddle, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, shroud How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The accretion of embedded qualifiers progressively separates the mother further from memory, beclouding both her maternity ("as such") and her physicality, until she recedes invisibly from the narrative in complete darkness ("at night") and death: "Never having enjoyed, to any considerable extent, her soothing presence, her tender and watchful care, I received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger" (13). |
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