Circle of Friends (1990)
“Clodagh had made him a set of lilac-colored button covers, and a huge flouncy handkerchief to put in his breast pocket.
He startled most of Knockglen by moving very deliberately up the church to receive Communion in this outfit.
“He has added blasphemy to the list of his other crimes,” Mrs. Healy hissed at the Hogans, who were sitting near her.
“He must be in a State of Grace, otherwise he wouldn’t go,” Annabel said. She thought Mrs. Healy was making too much of this vendetta. She envied Peggy ...and Mario for having such lively young blood in their businesses. If only Benny and Sean had made a go of it, then perhaps the dead look of failure might not hang around the door of Hogan’s, while the other two establishments went from strength to strength. She looked at Eddie beside her. She wondered what he was praying about. He always seemed genuinely devout, as if he were talking to God when they were in the church, unlike herself. Annabel found that being at mass seemed to concentrate her anxieties about daily life rather than raise her nearer to God.MoreLess
He startled most of Knockglen by moving very deliberately up the church to receive Communion in this outfit.
“He has added blasphemy to the list of his other crimes,” Mrs. Healy hissed at the Hogans, who were sitting near her.
“He must be in a State of Grace, otherwise he wouldn’t go,” Annabel said. She thought Mrs. Healy was making too much of this vendetta. She envied Peggy ...and Mario for having such lively young blood in their businesses. If only Benny and Sean had made a go of it, then perhaps the dead look of failure might not hang around the door of Hogan’s, while the other two establishments went from strength to strength. She looked at Eddie beside her. She wondered what he was praying about. He always seemed genuinely devout, as if he were talking to God when they were in the church, unlike herself. Annabel found that being at mass seemed to concentrate her anxieties about daily life rather than raise her nearer to God.MoreLess
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