Cold Comfort
“Ágústa said with eyebrows arched in surprise.
“Sorry, Mum. Thought I’d told you last week that I’d be over this weekend,” Jón replied. Rain dripped from the brim of his cap and Ragna Gústa quickly let go of his hand and darted behind her grandmother to vanish into the house.
“You’d better come in, I suppose. Not for long, though. Didda Geirmunds is coming round later and we’re going out,” Ágústa pronounced without troubling to hide her annoyance at having her routine disturbed.
Jón sat himself ...down in the kitchen after force of habit had made him open the fridge to check the contents. Ágústa set a cup in front of him and nodded at the elegant steel flask on the table. Everything about his mother and the way she lived was elegant, Jón reflected. The house was spick and span, expensively furnished without a single piece of self-assembly flatpack furniture to be seen.
“So what brings you out here today?” Ágústa asked sharply. “I’m sure I’d told you. Ragna Gústa’s with me today and I thought you’d like to see her.MoreLess
“Sorry, Mum. Thought I’d told you last week that I’d be over this weekend,” Jón replied. Rain dripped from the brim of his cap and Ragna Gústa quickly let go of his hand and darted behind her grandmother to vanish into the house.
“You’d better come in, I suppose. Not for long, though. Didda Geirmunds is coming round later and we’re going out,” Ágústa pronounced without troubling to hide her annoyance at having her routine disturbed.
Jón sat himself ...down in the kitchen after force of habit had made him open the fridge to check the contents. Ágústa set a cup in front of him and nodded at the elegant steel flask on the table. Everything about his mother and the way she lived was elegant, Jón reflected. The house was spick and span, expensively furnished without a single piece of self-assembly flatpack furniture to be seen.
“So what brings you out here today?” Ágústa asked sharply. “I’m sure I’d told you. Ragna Gústa’s with me today and I thought you’d like to see her.MoreLess
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