Fourpenny Flyer (2013)
“‘And we not even invited,’ Mrs Sowerby snorted.
‘Impoliteness, that’s what ’tis,’ Mr Sowerby said, ‘which is a greater sin than either you or I would ever allow ourselves to be guilty of.’ And he assumed his superior expression.
‘’Tis not to be endured,’ Mrs Sowerby said, and she put on her bonnet and went straight round to the Easter’s fine house on Angel Hill to protest.
‘And I don’t even get over the doorstep!’ she reported furiously to Mr Sowerby when he returned from work that evening. ‘Oh... I know that Mrs Thistlethwaite of theirs. I’ve got her mark, don’t you worry. All smiles and friendly-like and “Yes Mrs Sowerby” and “No Mrs Sowerby” and she en’t told me a thing. Not one single thing. The young masters are travelling abroad, so she says. She don’t have the least idea when either the one of ’em will be in Bury, so she says. Oh she don’t fool me! The effrontery of it. But one thing I did get out of her. They invited that Miss Pettie to the wedding if you please.MoreLess
‘Impoliteness, that’s what ’tis,’ Mr Sowerby said, ‘which is a greater sin than either you or I would ever allow ourselves to be guilty of.’ And he assumed his superior expression.
‘’Tis not to be endured,’ Mrs Sowerby said, and she put on her bonnet and went straight round to the Easter’s fine house on Angel Hill to protest.
‘And I don’t even get over the doorstep!’ she reported furiously to Mr Sowerby when he returned from work that evening. ‘Oh... I know that Mrs Thistlethwaite of theirs. I’ve got her mark, don’t you worry. All smiles and friendly-like and “Yes Mrs Sowerby” and “No Mrs Sowerby” and she en’t told me a thing. Not one single thing. The young masters are travelling abroad, so she says. She don’t have the least idea when either the one of ’em will be in Bury, so she says. Oh she don’t fool me! The effrontery of it. But one thing I did get out of her. They invited that Miss Pettie to the wedding if you please.MoreLess
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