All the Hopeful Lovers
“A man is unloading his car, bag after bag bulging with groceries from Sainsbury’s. He straightens under his load, gives Meg a friendly nod. He’s called Malcolm, and he occupies the flat below. Meg nods back. She’s still in her office clothes, charcoal grey skirt and jacket from M&S, white blouse, black tights, comfortable black shoes. You’d think it was a uniform, but she chose it all herself, aiming to project an air of quiet competence. There are other signals here too: that she understands h...er modest place in the ranks of professionals, that her behaviour will be predictable, that she neither asks nor expects to be noticed as an individual.
Malcolm goes ahead of her to the side door. He makes a brief show of holding the door for her, burdened as he is.
‘Don’t bother,’ Meg calls. ‘I’ll be fine.’ Ridiculous, but she feels responsible for the weight of the shopping bags on his arms. Meg’s day-to-day life is driven by a battery of minor fears.MoreLess
Malcolm goes ahead of her to the side door. He makes a brief show of holding the door for her, burdened as he is.
‘Don’t bother,’ Meg calls. ‘I’ll be fine.’ Ridiculous, but she feels responsible for the weight of the shopping bags on his arms. Meg’s day-to-day life is driven by a battery of minor fears.MoreLess
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