The third child of Mr. Ross and Mrs. Ross and the sister of Robert, Rowena, and Stuart Ross. Peggy is a popular young woman who has many boyfriends. She dates Clinton Brown from Harvard before he is killed in World War I. Peggy cherishes Robert’s letters while he is at war, but, like Mrs. Ross and Stuart, disowns him after the incident with Captain Leather and the horses brands him as a traitor.
Peggy Ross Quotes in The Wars
The The Wars quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy Ross or refer to Peggy Ross. 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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Part 1, Chapter 21
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Oddly, too, he didn’t feel like sending love to anyone. It seemed unmanly. What he did do was enclose a photograph (official) and say to his father: “This will show you that my draft makes a brawling, husky lot of men. Not quite gunners or drivers yet—just as I can’t quite feel that I am a soldier myself.”
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Peggy Ross Quotes in The Wars
The The Wars quotes below are all either spoken by Peggy Ross or refer to Peggy Ross. 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:
).
Part 1, Chapter 21
Quotes
Oddly, too, he didn’t feel like sending love to anyone. It seemed unmanly. What he did do was enclose a photograph (official) and say to his father: “This will show you that my draft makes a brawling, husky lot of men. Not quite gunners or drivers yet—just as I can’t quite feel that I am a soldier myself.”
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