This is taken from Katherine Mansfield' short story, The Fly. The sentence is related to fly episode of the story. Here,  the hard attempt of the fly to restore itself to life against miss fortune is very precisely presented.               When the Boss was in deep sorrow for his  only died, son he discovered a fly in his ink pot. He...

This line is extracted from one of the most famous short stories of Katherine Mansfield, The Fly,  extracted from The Dove's Nest.               The 'day' when Macey had handed the boss the telegram of his son's death. This line indicates how the news of his only son's death came as a staggering blow upon the boss. The boss, a prosperous,...

This line is extracted from Katherine mansfield' short story, The Fly which is taken from The Dove's Nest.          The 'robbery' refers to here is the high price charged by one hotel keeper of Belgium from the  daughters of Woodifield. They are charged ten francs for a spoonful of jam. That was called 'robbery', for the price was excessive and unreasonable. After...

Mr. Woodifield, the ex-colleague of the boss, is allowed to visit his friends only on Tuesday. Woodifield comes to the boss's office to inform him something. But Woodifield is a  talkative, light-hearted and funny person and he forgets the reason of is coming. But under the effect of strong wine, Mr. Woodifield remembers why he has come. He informs the boss of his  daughter's...

This line is quoted  from Katherine Mansfield's celebrated short story The Fly. This comment is made in connection with Mr. Woodifield an old fellow, who is allowed to visit his friends only on Tuesday. The story-teller refers here to the instinctive  human attachment to old pleasures by means of an analogy of the tree, drawn from the world of nature.     ...