A Cotswold Ordeal
“She and Hepzie had spent a soothing hour on the Common, in the meantime. Her sister didn’t see her, which gave Thea a chance to examine her unawares. She looked fatter and older than she had only six weeks earlier. Her hair had been cut very short, and sat like a limp earth-coloured rag on her head. Her shoulders sloped and all her weight was on one leg, reminding Thea unpleasantly of the limping youth she’d seen a few days before.
‘Here I am,’ Thea announced, approaching quickly. ‘Didn’t y...ou see me?’ Jocelyn shook her head. ‘I was thinking,’ she said. ‘And trying to work out whether this place is a real town or just a sort of film set. Have you seen the churchyard?’ She pointed through the lychgate, where manicured grass and paved paths surrounded very soldierly headstones, with a wooden seat and war memorial for good measure.
Thea looked. ‘Unreal,’ she agreed, remembering the church at Duntisbourne Abbots, which had infinitely more character.MoreLess
‘Here I am,’ Thea announced, approaching quickly. ‘Didn’t y...ou see me?’ Jocelyn shook her head. ‘I was thinking,’ she said. ‘And trying to work out whether this place is a real town or just a sort of film set. Have you seen the churchyard?’ She pointed through the lychgate, where manicured grass and paved paths surrounded very soldierly headstones, with a wooden seat and war memorial for good measure.
Thea looked. ‘Unreal,’ she agreed, remembering the church at Duntisbourne Abbots, which had infinitely more character.MoreLess
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