Cry of a Seagull (1986)
“He was up early, and spent the morning in the office or behind the reception desk in the hall.
‘Well, I must say.’ Audrey Mumford stopped at the desk for her Sunday paper. ‘It’s nice to see you helping out for a change.’ ‘Thank you, Miss Mumford.’ He remembered that he had promised to be nice to the old dum-dums. ‘I’m letting my wife take a few days off. Meanwhile, I am in charge.’ ‘Well.’ Audrey’s small, suspicious eyes drilled through him like gimlets. ‘Then I’ll know who to come to if any-th...ing’s wrong, won’t I? For a start, you can give me my correct paper. This belongs to Mrs Howard. She takes it for the crossword, though she never finishes it.’ Although wrapped up in their own concerns, the twins made it their business to know what everybody else read or ate or did. ‘If you’re to be in charge, you will have to pay a bit more attention to the guests, won’t you?’ ‘Ah yes, well well, ha ha.’ Rose, watering plants in the hall, could see that his fists were clenched with the effort to be polite.MoreLess
‘Well, I must say.’ Audrey Mumford stopped at the desk for her Sunday paper. ‘It’s nice to see you helping out for a change.’ ‘Thank you, Miss Mumford.’ He remembered that he had promised to be nice to the old dum-dums. ‘I’m letting my wife take a few days off. Meanwhile, I am in charge.’ ‘Well.’ Audrey’s small, suspicious eyes drilled through him like gimlets. ‘Then I’ll know who to come to if any-th...ing’s wrong, won’t I? For a start, you can give me my correct paper. This belongs to Mrs Howard. She takes it for the crossword, though she never finishes it.’ Although wrapped up in their own concerns, the twins made it their business to know what everybody else read or ate or did. ‘If you’re to be in charge, you will have to pay a bit more attention to the guests, won’t you?’ ‘Ah yes, well well, ha ha.’ Rose, watering plants in the hall, could see that his fists were clenched with the effort to be polite.MoreLess
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