Berry Scene (2013)
“We were, of course, keeping the hireling, until our own car should come.
On the whole, our fall from grace had been well received. A few eyebrows had been raised: Mrs de Lisle had been caustic: Withyham had been rude. But our farmer friends were amused and the village was proud.
“That’s a fact,” said the Vicar. “Bilberry’s one up on Cleric – I heard the taunt hurled myself. ‘We’ve got an auto, we ’ave.’”
“I confess I’m a convert,” said Daphne.
“Not a convert,” said Berry. “A complacent heretic....”
“So,” said my sister, “are you. You never stop abusing the thing, but, if anyone took it away, you’d go off the deep end.”
“I’ll say it’s convenient,” said Berry.
“No more than that?” said I.
“No more than that.”
“Then don’t you come tomorrow. We’re only going to lunch with a friend of mine.”
Berry regarded the Vicar.
“There’s a viper,” he said. “Just because I decline to vomit a lot of slush about—”
“You disgusting brute,”MoreLess
On the whole, our fall from grace had been well received. A few eyebrows had been raised: Mrs de Lisle had been caustic: Withyham had been rude. But our farmer friends were amused and the village was proud.
“That’s a fact,” said the Vicar. “Bilberry’s one up on Cleric – I heard the taunt hurled myself. ‘We’ve got an auto, we ’ave.’”
“I confess I’m a convert,” said Daphne.
“Not a convert,” said Berry. “A complacent heretic....”
“So,” said my sister, “are you. You never stop abusing the thing, but, if anyone took it away, you’d go off the deep end.”
“I’ll say it’s convenient,” said Berry.
“No more than that?” said I.
“No more than that.”
“Then don’t you come tomorrow. We’re only going to lunch with a friend of mine.”
Berry regarded the Vicar.
“There’s a viper,” he said. “Just because I decline to vomit a lot of slush about—”
“You disgusting brute,”MoreLess
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