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How would you interpret this phrase “the very place”?
Yet one day I decided to go on with it. I was here in Montford, for he gave me the place and only could have meant for me to live in it. I use a different bedroom to sleep in, of course, and his study room under the gable eave is a place I don’t go. But it had to be his own bathroom mirror I faced each morning, the very place where he shaved and answered his Lord and conscience. Now it was a lady looking back from the glass, and one bright morn I told her: Listen here. If God speaks for the man who keeps quiet, then Violet Brown may be His instrument.
How would you interpret this phrase “the very place” in the sentence “…the very place where he shaved and answered his Lord and conscience”?
Does it refer to the bathroom or the place before the mirror?
I think it refers to the place before the mirror. What do you think?
Jul 25, 2015 8:00 AM
Answers · 2
Yes, it means the place before the mirror. In this instance, 'very' has the meaning of 'exact' - it was in this exact spot.
July 25, 2015
It refers to the place before the mirror, which is in the bathroom [ '. . his own bathroom mirror'].
July 25, 2015
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