Both Uses of
ordeal
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal of speaking first, for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag; the other she held out to him.†
Chpt 2 *
- It would be, he felt assured, no trifling ordeal.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(ordeal) a very difficult or painful experience