KuaiLe
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I read this from "Some Women", a short story by Canadian writer Alice Munro.
"Dorothy Crozier had a stroke, but recovered, and famously bought Halloween candy for the children whose older brothers and sisters she had ordered from her door."
Dorothy Crozier is a rich old lady. This Halloween activity is not mentioned anywhere else in the story. So this is the only context I've got. And I looked up all the definitions of "order", none of them seem to fit into this context. How can you order some childrens' siblings from your door? What does that mean? Can anybody explain for me what this sentence is saying?
"Dorothy Crozier had a stroke, but recovered, and famously bought Halloween candy for the children whose older brothers and sisters she had ordered from her door."
Dorothy Crozier is a rich old lady. This Halloween activity is not mentioned anywhere else in the story. So this is the only context I've got. And I looked up all the definitions of "order", none of them seem to fit into this context. How can you order some childrens' siblings from your door? What does that mean? Can anybody explain for me what this sentence is saying?
