Empty World
“That evening after supper she came into the sitting room from the kitchen to find Neil playing a Stones tape on the recorder, and launched a bitter attack. He had no consideration, she said: he was always playing some horrible row or other. She was sick and tired of the Rolling Stones, and the rest of them. And he might at least turn the volume down.
As far as Neil could see, Billie didn’t really like music at all. She had a few tapes which she occasionally put on, of fife and drum music and Scottish ballads, and she would sit tapping her foot throughout, just out of time. He put his hand to the volume switch, and then changed his mind. Lucy quite liked the Stones; he saw no reason why they both should be deprived because Billie was tone-deaf.
He said as much, and the argument started. It raged till Lucy came in, when they both appealed to her. She said: “We could have it a bit lower, Neil, couldn’t we?”
He was willing to oblige her, and the volume was too high unless you ...were listening by yourself.MoreLess
As far as Neil could see, Billie didn’t really like music at all. She had a few tapes which she occasionally put on, of fife and drum music and Scottish ballads, and she would sit tapping her foot throughout, just out of time. He put his hand to the volume switch, and then changed his mind. Lucy quite liked the Stones; he saw no reason why they both should be deprived because Billie was tone-deaf.
He said as much, and the argument started. It raged till Lucy came in, when they both appealed to her. She said: “We could have it a bit lower, Neil, couldn’t we?”
He was willing to oblige her, and the volume was too high unless you ...were listening by yourself.MoreLess
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