“"But she's too big!" the anguished man said, still glaring at Vivian. "This girl is not the right size!"

"She was six when she went away, Father," Jonathan said. He did not seem in the least alarmed. "That was nearly six years ago. Think how much I've changed since then."
"So you have," said this alarming man, turning his glare on Jonathan as if he did not think the change was for the better. "I see," he said. "She grew."”

Source: A Tale of Time City (1987), p. 45.

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