All 50 Uses of
prudent
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- And it spoiled her appetite just to watch that miserable little wraith of a child Prudence, not even allowed to sit at board with them, but kept behind her mother where she had to eat standing up the stingy portion they handed back to her.†
p. 16.4prudence = good sense and caution
- A more unpromising child she had never seen, Kit thought, yet she couldn't get Prudence out of her mind.†
p. 16.7
- Prudence, dragging at her mother's hand, gazed back imploringly as they passed.†
p. 26.9
- "Yes, Prudence," she called clearly.†
p. 27.0
- Jerking Prudence nearly off her feet, she marched firmly up the dirt road and disappeared in the fog.†
p. 27.2
- Kit turned a defiant back on them, but first she sent a friendly wave to Prudence, whose peaked little face turned pink with delight.†
p. 55.8
- Curiosity made her forget her pupils, and stepping into the road she saw the small figure plainly and recognized Prudence Cru ff.†
p. 112.9
- "Prudence," she called.†
p. 112.9
- Who are the flowers for, Prudence?†
p. 113.4
- "I'm too big," stammered Prudence.†
p. 113.5
- You don't really believe that, do you Prudence?†
p. 113.6
- Prudence shook her head violently.†
p. 113.9
- "Prudence," she suggested instead, "you could learn to read by yourself if you really wanted to."†
p. 114.0
- Prudence nodded.†
p. 114.2
- "If I get finished — " Prudence breathed.†
p. 114.4
- Prudence gulped.†
p. 114.5
- "Maybe," whispered Prudence, and then she turned and ran.†
p. 114.7
- She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet.†
p. 115.2
- At first Prudence had been speechless.†
p. 115.4
- 'Tis getting late, Prudence.†
p. 115.8
- That is yours, Prudence.†
p. 115.9
- She had been wanting an excuse to take Prudence to Hannah.†
p. 116.0
- Prudence, listen to me.†
p. 116.2
- The bony hand in hers was trembling as they walked down the grassy path, but Prudence stepped resolutely beside her.†
p. 116.6
- Completely disarmed, Prudence went down on her knees.†
p. 117.0
- With a black kitten cradled in her hands, Prudence watched them find a safe corner for the hornbook.†
p. 117.2 *
- In the clean white sand on the floor Hannah traced a careful B. Looking at Prudence, Kit held her breath.†
p. 117.4
- Boldly Prudence reached to take it in her own hand, and carefully and proudly she traced the lines herself.†
p. 117.5
- Kit smiled to see it working its charm on Prudence.†
p. 117.8
- Prudence demanded, as the two walked slowly back along the path.†
p. 117.9
- Watching Prudence scurry off toward home, Kit had a moment's misgiving.†
p. 118.3
- Had it been fair to draw Prudence into her secret world?†
p. 118.4
- Yet Prudence had looked so miserable.†
p. 118.5
- It was hard now to find the time for stolen visits with Prudence and Hannah.†
p. 123.4
- Occasionally, by chance, Kit would find herself alone, and rushing through her task at double speed, she would steal down the path to Blackbird Pond, hoping that Prudence too had been able to escape.†
p. 123.5
- She had hoped to find Prudence there.†
p. 125.0
- Nat always is in a hurry, and thee, and now Prudence.†
p. 131.2
- Who is Prudence?†
p. 131.2
- Prudence had been there, Hannah told her, but had not dared to wait for a lesson.†
p. 136.3
- Presently Kit opened the door to Prudence's timid knock and was comforted by the pleasure that rushed into the child's face.†
p. 170.5
- Prudence had further news of the culprits.†
p. 170.6
- "Then Prudence and I will make you a dress," promised Kit blithely.†
p. 171.3
- "Can you sew, truly?" demanded Prudence, overwhelmed at still another accomplishment.†
p. 171.4
- "Will you really let me sew some stitches?" asked Prudence, watching her with shining eyes.†
p. 171.8
- What fun it would be to make something warm and pretty for Prudence, she thought with longing.†
p. 171.9
- She knew she could never give Prudence even the smallest gift.†
p. 172.0
- For Prudence was an entirely different child from the woebegone shrinking creature who had stood in the roadway outside the school.†
p. 172.3
- The tight little bud that was the real Prudence had steadily opened its petals in the sunshine of Kit's friendship and Hannah's gentle affection.†
p. 172.4
- Kit had chosen the Psalms to begin with, and slowly, syllable by syllable, Prudence was spelling out the lines, while Hannah sat listening, her own lips often moving with the child's in the lines she remembered and could no longer read.†
p. 172.6
- But Hannah and Prudence were fast friends now, and she knew that the reading went companionably on.†
p. 172.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(prudent) sensible and careful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Prudence is also a female name.