Brides of Aberdar
“Lawrence sought out Christine. ‘Will you come riding with me? Lyneth won’t ride these days, she seems to prefer to stay at home.’ Leading his own horse, he walked with her down to the stables.
‘It’s just that she’s caught up with Tetty and Tante Louise, Lawrence dear, over the wedding arrangements.’ ‘I begin to wonder, Christine, whether she cares for the wedding arrangements at all—or indeed for the wedding.’ ‘Oh, Lawrence, you know how happy she is!’ ‘She doesn’t seem so very happy with me,’ ...he said. ‘She seems hardly to listen to what I say, looks about her, smiles when there seems to be nothing to amuse her.’ He explained wretchedly: ‘My mother is—quite alarmed about her. She thinks she—well, Lyn does behave oddly, sometimes she seems quite hysterical; and now she has come to think that my mother is against her and refuses to visit her at all.’ Christine had already prepared for riding, her horse was waiting. They picked their way down across the terraces to the stream, across the stepping stones, up the path on the other side, the horses, accustomed, following the way without attention from their riders.MoreLess
‘It’s just that she’s caught up with Tetty and Tante Louise, Lawrence dear, over the wedding arrangements.’ ‘I begin to wonder, Christine, whether she cares for the wedding arrangements at all—or indeed for the wedding.’ ‘Oh, Lawrence, you know how happy she is!’ ‘She doesn’t seem so very happy with me,’ ...he said. ‘She seems hardly to listen to what I say, looks about her, smiles when there seems to be nothing to amuse her.’ He explained wretchedly: ‘My mother is—quite alarmed about her. She thinks she—well, Lyn does behave oddly, sometimes she seems quite hysterical; and now she has come to think that my mother is against her and refuses to visit her at all.’ Christine had already prepared for riding, her horse was waiting. They picked their way down across the terraces to the stream, across the stepping stones, up the path on the other side, the horses, accustomed, following the way without attention from their riders.MoreLess
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