Yesterday, for example, my 8th graders rushed into class babbling about the first chapter of The Pearl; they couldn't believe it when the chapter was over, and how fully Steinbeck had loaded it with intrigue.
I am relieved that this chapter is over, somewhat, for me.
This is the argument the leavers will revive, to woo the centre-left: that the Delors-era, when the EU was associated with workers' protection and the "social chapter," is over, that Brussels is now the friend of the megabanks and the multinational corporations, and it's out of democratic reach.
Before the first chapter is over, Quirke has spotted "the tiny puncture mark on the chalk-white inner side of her left arm," a sign that something is amiss.
Before the first chapter is over, we've read about a "brooding" apartment building, "the taunting cruelty that is basketball," a boy who plays with "spark and bite" and "a prickly bunch" of mapmakers.
"I'm relieved the whole sordid chapter is over," said Jonathan Simon, a newcomer to Modesto who voted for Mr. Cardoza.
"I knew that this chapter was over".
Even if my worst fears are true and our chapter is over, republicans like me have a responsibility to the unborn generations that will open the next one.
Mr. Mulroney, who was prime minister from September 1984 to June 1993, said in a statement that he was "grateful that this unfortunate chapter is over," adding, "I will leave it to others to assess the full impact of these events".
Beaming, he added, "That chapter is over".
