Bones of the Buried
“It always irritated Edward that Eric invariably asked after the Duke despite his not having visited the club for the last five years to his certain knowledge.
‘As well as can be expected,’ Edward responded airily, hoping to suggest to Eric that the Duke had barely survived a life-threatening illness. The porter would be mortified to feel that he had missed some vital gossip concerning one of the club’s most distinguished members. ‘Is Mr Thoroughgood in the club yet, Eric? I’m supposed to be... lunching with him.’ ‘Yes, my lord. He is in the morning-room.’ Edward glanced at the teleprinter chattering away in the corner but there was no news from Spain: the country was, as might be expected, absorbed by accounts of the King’s funeral. The only foreign news was of Italian ‘victories’ in Abyssinia. To Edward, Mussolini’s efforts to join the imperialists and have his own colonies seemed to be further evidence – if further evidence was needed – of how the world his eldest brother had, in 1914, died to preserve was being torn apart without, it seemed, anyone much caring.MoreLess
‘As well as can be expected,’ Edward responded airily, hoping to suggest to Eric that the Duke had barely survived a life-threatening illness. The porter would be mortified to feel that he had missed some vital gossip concerning one of the club’s most distinguished members. ‘Is Mr Thoroughgood in the club yet, Eric? I’m supposed to be... lunching with him.’ ‘Yes, my lord. He is in the morning-room.’ Edward glanced at the teleprinter chattering away in the corner but there was no news from Spain: the country was, as might be expected, absorbed by accounts of the King’s funeral. The only foreign news was of Italian ‘victories’ in Abyssinia. To Edward, Mussolini’s efforts to join the imperialists and have his own colonies seemed to be further evidence – if further evidence was needed – of how the world his eldest brother had, in 1914, died to preserve was being torn apart without, it seemed, anyone much caring.MoreLess
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