A Change of Climate: a Novel
““… I do grasp,” he was saying, “that you raised £132 from the harvest supper and gave the same amount to the Mission to Seamen, but I’m afraid you will confuse the auditor if you don’t show them in separate columns. Leave aside for the moment the question of the rector’s expenses …”
Anna swore mildly under her breath as she sidestepped through the bales of newspapers stacked up in the hall. When Ralph came out of his office she said, “There are more papers here than when I went out. People are ...delivering these bundles at all hours of the day and night.”
“Not quite,” Ralph said, frowning.
“Couldn’t you ask them to call between set hours?”
“It might put people off. I’m relying on their goodwill. Why don’t you get the boys to carry them up to the attics?”
“What’s the point? They’ll only have to come down again. And when you try to move them the bundles fall apart and the damn things are all over the place.”
“It’s true,” Ralph said. “People don’t seem to know how to tie up bundles.”MoreLess
Anna swore mildly under her breath as she sidestepped through the bales of newspapers stacked up in the hall. When Ralph came out of his office she said, “There are more papers here than when I went out. People are ...delivering these bundles at all hours of the day and night.”
“Not quite,” Ralph said, frowning.
“Couldn’t you ask them to call between set hours?”
“It might put people off. I’m relying on their goodwill. Why don’t you get the boys to carry them up to the attics?”
“What’s the point? They’ll only have to come down again. And when you try to move them the bundles fall apart and the damn things are all over the place.”
“It’s true,” Ralph said. “People don’t seem to know how to tie up bundles.”MoreLess
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