This “girl,” who remains unnamed throughout the story, was a student with whom Grant had an affair. After ending the affair, Grant received a letter from the girl’s roommate, condemning his actions and informing him of the negative ramifications they had on her mental health. Fiona dismisses the letter as melodramatic. Nevertheless, this letter, along with the word “rat” being written on his office door and general awareness of the affair among his colleagues, results in Grant and Fiona receiving the cold shoulder from the university community of which they are a part. This reaction in turn inspires Grant to take early retirement and move, with Fiona, to her father’s childhood farmhouse.
The Girl Quotes in The Bear Came Over the Mountain
The The Bear Came Over the Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by The Girl or refer to The Girl. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Bear Came Over the Mountain
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Just in time, Grant was able to think, when the sense of injustice had worn down. The feminists and perhaps the sad silly girl herself and his cowardly so-called friends had pushed him out just in time. Out of a life that was in fact getting to be more trouble than it was worth. And that might eventually have cost him Fiona.
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The Girl Quotes in The Bear Came Over the Mountain
The The Bear Came Over the Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by The Girl or refer to The Girl. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Bear Came Over the Mountain
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Just in time, Grant was able to think, when the sense of injustice had worn down. The feminists and perhaps the sad silly girl herself and his cowardly so-called friends had pushed him out just in time. Out of a life that was in fact getting to be more trouble than it was worth. And that might eventually have cost him Fiona.
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