Any Human Heart
“Amazingly, the ménage continues undiscovered by everyone: Peter’s parents, the university authorities and the good burghers of Islip. Part of this is due to the fact that Tess’s nursery is sufficiently far away from the village to prevent any gossip spreading. At the nursery she’s just a nice girl living in Islip who’s good with plants. And what little the Islip folk see of her when she’s not at work arouses no suspicion. She pays her bills and, by all accounts, is liked by her neighbours. Occasional visits from her ‘brother’ in Oxford excite no comment. Peter told me he’d spent a long weekend with her during the vacation. They lived as man and wife, he said (he didn’t need to go into details). His love for her is boundless.
The cottage looked pretty, spic and span, with all manner of flowers blooming in the garden (I must get to know the names of flowers — it annoys me, this ignorance. If I can name a dozen trees, flowers shouldn’t be beyond me). The floorboards are newly varnished, ...with small rugs upon them, bright curtains hang at the windows and there are a couple of armchairs before the fire and a small dresser.MoreLess
The cottage looked pretty, spic and span, with all manner of flowers blooming in the garden (I must get to know the names of flowers — it annoys me, this ignorance. If I can name a dozen trees, flowers shouldn’t be beyond me). The floorboards are newly varnished, ...with small rugs upon them, bright curtains hang at the windows and there are a couple of armchairs before the fire and a small dresser.MoreLess
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