title: Break It Down: Stories (FSG Classics)
author:  Lydia Davis 
description: Davis is one of the most precise and economical writers we have. <i>DAVE EGGERS, McSweeney's</i>
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  # Some Say
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  
  
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  * [NEIGHBOURS IN CYRUS](soma_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  
  
  
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  “SOME SAY”
  
  
  NEIGHBOURS IN CYRUS
  
  
  BY
  
  
  LAURA E. RICHARDS
  
  
  Author of “Captain January,” “Melody,” “Queen Hildegarde,”
  
  
  “Five-Minute Stories,” “When I Was Your Age,” “Narcissa,” “Marie,”
  
  
  “Nautilus,” etc.
  
  
  TWELFTH THOUSAND
  
  
  [Illustration]
  
  
  BOSTON DANA ESTES &COMPANY PUBLISHERS
  
  
  
  
  
  _Copyright, 1896_ ,
  
  
  BY ESTES &LAURIAT
  
  
  _All rights reserved_
  
  
  Colonial Press:
  
  
  C. H. Simonds &Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
  
  
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  “SOME SAY”
  
  
  
  
  
  TO MY Dear Sist