Birthday
“Avril felt it necessary to tell Arthur that Brian was seventy as well.
‘That’s true, but he don’t look anywhere near it.’ ‘It was romantic,’ Eileen said. ‘I hope somebody kisses me like that when I’m seventy.’ ‘I will.’ Derek filled his pipe. ‘I promise.’ ‘Oh, you!’ she laughed.
‘Anyway, you’ve seen her.’ He put the pipe back in his pocket because Eileen wouldn’t let him smoke in the car. ‘It’s all over now.’ Brian couldn’t think it was. ‘So it seems.’ ‘I wondered what he was up to,’ Arthur sai...d. ‘Everybody was staring, but you was too far gone to notice. They wanted to hear you pop the question, though I’ll bet they’re laughing their heads off now you’ve scarpered. I’ve never seen such a mad, passionate kiss.’ Banter eased his emptiness, brought from it by seeing a tip of the last sunlight on a leaf as if it had been rinsed. They were in love with the past rather than each other, and if he called on her they might talk the nostalgia away, though maybe he needed to get rid of it more than she wanted it clear of herself.MoreLess
‘That’s true, but he don’t look anywhere near it.’ ‘It was romantic,’ Eileen said. ‘I hope somebody kisses me like that when I’m seventy.’ ‘I will.’ Derek filled his pipe. ‘I promise.’ ‘Oh, you!’ she laughed.
‘Anyway, you’ve seen her.’ He put the pipe back in his pocket because Eileen wouldn’t let him smoke in the car. ‘It’s all over now.’ Brian couldn’t think it was. ‘So it seems.’ ‘I wondered what he was up to,’ Arthur sai...d. ‘Everybody was staring, but you was too far gone to notice. They wanted to hear you pop the question, though I’ll bet they’re laughing their heads off now you’ve scarpered. I’ve never seen such a mad, passionate kiss.’ Banter eased his emptiness, brought from it by seeing a tip of the last sunlight on a leaf as if it had been rinsed. They were in love with the past rather than each other, and if he called on her they might talk the nostalgia away, though maybe he needed to get rid of it more than she wanted it clear of herself.MoreLess
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