Easy Peasy
“It was at Sunday lunchtime. I was talking to Hazel, not to him. I thought he was listening to my mother.
‘What did you say?’ ‘I said,’ I looked at Hazel for support but she was busy cutting up her meat, ‘I said I hope Vassily isn’t coming round.’ In each of the lenses of my father’s glasses I could see a reflection of the spiky cactus between the curtains on the window-sill. But I could not see his eyes.
He drew in a deep breath. ‘First of all,’ he said, ‘that poor child is very welcome in this... house. And secondly, what did I hear you call him?’ ‘Vassily.’ He tapped his index finger briskly on the table and waited.
‘Puddle-duck,’ I mumbled after a long moment. ‘Everyone calls him that. It’s his nickname.’ ‘Well you don’t,’ he said. ‘Do you understand?’ ‘He doesn’t mind.’ ‘Understand?’ ‘Yes.’ He turned his attention to Hazel. ‘Nor you.’ ‘No, Daddy.’ ‘I don’t think there’s any harm …’ Mummy began, but his look stopped her.MoreLess
‘What did you say?’ ‘I said,’ I looked at Hazel for support but she was busy cutting up her meat, ‘I said I hope Vassily isn’t coming round.’ In each of the lenses of my father’s glasses I could see a reflection of the spiky cactus between the curtains on the window-sill. But I could not see his eyes.
He drew in a deep breath. ‘First of all,’ he said, ‘that poor child is very welcome in this... house. And secondly, what did I hear you call him?’ ‘Vassily.’ He tapped his index finger briskly on the table and waited.
‘Puddle-duck,’ I mumbled after a long moment. ‘Everyone calls him that. It’s his nickname.’ ‘Well you don’t,’ he said. ‘Do you understand?’ ‘He doesn’t mind.’ ‘Understand?’ ‘Yes.’ He turned his attention to Hazel. ‘Nor you.’ ‘No, Daddy.’ ‘I don’t think there’s any harm …’ Mummy began, but his look stopped her.MoreLess
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