Anything for a Quiet Life (2013)
“One of the things people liked about Fred and which made them willing to pay him four pounds an hour for an eight-hour day was that he really did work for eight hours. And, as a result, he never lacked employment. His Mondays and Tuesdays belonged to Dr Rainey; Wednesdays and Thursdays to Mr and Mrs McClachan; and Fridays and Saturdays to Sabrina Mountjoy, who had taken him over when she bought Captain Horrocks’s house and glad to do so. Being a partner in Jonas Pickett’s legal practice was, sh...e maintained, a full-time job.
Fred hobbled round the house and down to his private kingdom, which was the potting shed at the bottom of the garden. His limp was the result of war service. Apart from this, despite his seventy years, his frugal habits and open air life had preserved his health and strength marvellously.
“Looks more like fifty than seventy,” Mrs McClachan often remarked to her husband. “And strong as a horse.” Her husband, who was in fact fifty and looked more like sixty, agreed with her resentfully.MoreLess
Fred hobbled round the house and down to his private kingdom, which was the potting shed at the bottom of the garden. His limp was the result of war service. Apart from this, despite his seventy years, his frugal habits and open air life had preserved his health and strength marvellously.
“Looks more like fifty than seventy,” Mrs McClachan often remarked to her husband. “And strong as a horse.” Her husband, who was in fact fifty and looked more like sixty, agreed with her resentfully.MoreLess
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