An Unmentionable Murder (2010)
An Unmentionable Murder
“Clara whined, wrapping her cardigan closer around her thin body. “My boys will be wanting their dinner before too long.”
“It won’t hurt them to wait a bit.” Marge lifted the field glasses and peered through them. She could see nothing but a flat ocean and a sky studded with puffy clouds. No dark shadows beneath the surface that might suggest an enemy submarine. No pinpoints of light twinkling signals to someone onshore. It was all so bloody boring.
“I don’t know if they will wait,” Clara grumbl...ed. She leaned back on the hard park bench and stretched out her legs in front of her. “They’re growing lads, you know.”
Marge lowered the field glasses. “They’re always eating, your boys. I don’t know how you manage it with everything on ration like it is.”
“I fill ’em up with bread and potatoes. At least we can get plenty of that.” Clara held out her hand. “Want me to look for a bit?”
“Nah. There’s nothing out there. I don’t know why Rita’s so blinking anxious to have us sit out here all morning.MoreLess
“It won’t hurt them to wait a bit.” Marge lifted the field glasses and peered through them. She could see nothing but a flat ocean and a sky studded with puffy clouds. No dark shadows beneath the surface that might suggest an enemy submarine. No pinpoints of light twinkling signals to someone onshore. It was all so bloody boring.
“I don’t know if they will wait,” Clara grumbl...ed. She leaned back on the hard park bench and stretched out her legs in front of her. “They’re growing lads, you know.”
Marge lowered the field glasses. “They’re always eating, your boys. I don’t know how you manage it with everything on ration like it is.”
“I fill ’em up with bread and potatoes. At least we can get plenty of that.” Clara held out her hand. “Want me to look for a bit?”
“Nah. There’s nothing out there. I don’t know why Rita’s so blinking anxious to have us sit out here all morning.MoreLess
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