| Kirkman does dip into metaphor here, as telephones are a symbol of our connection with one another. |
| A North Carolinian by birth, Kirkman, 31, fled his native state for the more liberal Manhattan, where as a gay man he might live a more tolerable existence. |
| I am sure nobody else in the station could do so well, Mrs. kirkman said. |
| Mrs. kirkman had already made the remark that Mary was not at all dressed. |
| Mr. kirkman thought all the world of Jim and could not run the shop without him. |
| If only she does not put her trust in her own works, Mrs. kirkman added. |
