City of Boys (2011)
“People look up, annoyed, and Alice goes back to her book, but she can feel her father watching each slow step, until her mother finally lurches into the seat across from them.
—For Christ’s sake, Adele, he says. —You practically hit all those people in the head.
Alice’s mother looks down along the row of seats, then back to him.
—I think if they were bothered, she says, —they could have said something.
He looks down at the map spread over his lap, and she gazes out the dirty window at the passi...ng fields.
—Don’t you think? she finally asks. —Don’t you think they would have said something?
Alice’s father rattles the map, then looks up. —Of course, he says. —That’s exactly what they would have done. Exactly.
—Well, she says, —that’s what I’d do.
She looks back and forth between him and Alice, but he is bent again over his map, and Alice leans out to look up the aisle. People have gone back to their books or their card games or their conversations; already they have forgotten that they were disturbed.MoreLess
—For Christ’s sake, Adele, he says. —You practically hit all those people in the head.
Alice’s mother looks down along the row of seats, then back to him.
—I think if they were bothered, she says, —they could have said something.
He looks down at the map spread over his lap, and she gazes out the dirty window at the passi...ng fields.
—Don’t you think? she finally asks. —Don’t you think they would have said something?
Alice’s father rattles the map, then looks up. —Of course, he says. —That’s exactly what they would have done. Exactly.
—Well, she says, —that’s what I’d do.
She looks back and forth between him and Alice, but he is bent again over his map, and Alice leans out to look up the aisle. People have gone back to their books or their card games or their conversations; already they have forgotten that they were disturbed.MoreLess
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