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Quotation from A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
“As if it had learned something by its bruises, it pecked and crept its way along the branch and disappeared into its own hole”
A Lost Lady, Part One, Ch. II
The woodpecker blinded by Ivy Peters finds its way home. The scene sets Ivy's cold cruelty against the boys' instinctive pity and anticipates the damage he will later do.
Citation: "As if it had learned something by its bruises, it pecked and crept its way along the branch and disappeared into its own hole" — Willa Cather, A Lost Lady, Part One, Ch. II. (id cather-a-lost-lady-q1)
