From Afar (2011)
“Beryl’s mind seemed to be a complete blank on everything except what she wanted. The means of getting it never seemed to occur to her. Rather she seemed to think she could take whatever she needed, and the increasingly evident fact that she could not made her impatient. I had all my work cut out steering her clear of pure and simple kleptomania.
Otherwise I did all she asked. Got the place furnished as she wanted it, and had the big and ancient sign ‘The Beeches’ put up properly outside the... gates, installed Mrs. Wilson and her husband. Yes, I even traveled in my own car thirty miles to business every day, not forgetting the thirty miles back, and all the time I wondered what in hell for.
How Beryl occupied her time while I was away I had no idea of course, but from her reserved comments and those of the servants I gathered she spent a lot of time shopping—and going to London on the local bus service to do it! Now why should she—?MoreLess
Otherwise I did all she asked. Got the place furnished as she wanted it, and had the big and ancient sign ‘The Beeches’ put up properly outside the... gates, installed Mrs. Wilson and her husband. Yes, I even traveled in my own car thirty miles to business every day, not forgetting the thirty miles back, and all the time I wondered what in hell for.
How Beryl occupied her time while I was away I had no idea of course, but from her reserved comments and those of the servants I gathered she spent a lot of time shopping—and going to London on the local bus service to do it! Now why should she—?MoreLess
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