Crooked Vows (2016)
“‘There it is. Dinner. Not before time, either. You open the door, m’boy. I wonder what horrors await us tonight.’ A tall thin nun stands outside; a dark silhouette against the light from the early evening sky. She holds the usual tin tray carrying two dinner plates, the contents hidden by battered aluminium covers, and two dessert dishes with something inside that is hard to identify in the fading light. Her thin lips are shut in a straight line across her narrow face. Her eyes are dark behind ...the small-lensed, steel-rimmed glasses. She does not look happy.
‘Sister Agatha. Please come in.’ He stands aside for her to pass, feeling awkward, pressing his back against the open door to avoid any danger of contact. The nun nods, looking him momentarily in the face, and stalks up the passage. Her long black habit swishes as she goes.
The older man is already sitting at the table with the red Laminex top and chrome legs. Sister Agatha puts the tray down a little more noisily, Thomas thinks, than is strictly necessary. Barely glancing at her, Father Kevin intones a ‘Thank you, Sister,’ without obvious enthusiasm.MoreLess
‘Sister Agatha. Please come in.’ He stands aside for her to pass, feeling awkward, pressing his back against the open door to avoid any danger of contact. The nun nods, looking him momentarily in the face, and stalks up the passage. Her long black habit swishes as she goes.
The older man is already sitting at the table with the red Laminex top and chrome legs. Sister Agatha puts the tray down a little more noisily, Thomas thinks, than is strictly necessary. Barely glancing at her, Father Kevin intones a ‘Thank you, Sister,’ without obvious enthusiasm.MoreLess
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