All My Sins Remembered
“On the bad days Clio sat in her chair, outwardly the same small, upright figure, but her memory had slipped out of focus and she asked her visitor querulously why her tea was late, and where her usual nurse had gone. And then on other days her mind was clearer, and she seemed to welcome the opportunity to relive her memories.On these days Elizabeth let her talk, interested in the links and connections of reminiscence although the threads were often buried too deeply for her to follow. She had a... sense of the older woman’s recollections forming a fragile web, and her mind travelling out and along the filaments like the spider darting from its still place at the centre.‘What was she like, when she was a little girl?’ Elizabeth asked once.Clio had been rambling. One minute she was recalling the scent of the roses that Eleanor had grown in the Oxford garden, and in the next she was disparaging the upbringing of modern children.‘We were taught to hold up our heads, speak when spoken to.MoreLess
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