Ghosts of Mayfield Court (2013)
“Whatever can he want?’ Herbert Bottomley paused in the act of eating his breakfast of fried gammon and eggs. The dim farmhouse kitchen, as always in the morning, resounded to the noise of his girls, vying with each other to help their mother get him ready for work and out of the house. The baby was crawling under the table. Judith, their eleven year old, was brushing his overcoat, and scolding him under her breath for his untidiness.
‘Well, Poppy,’ said Bottomley, ‘maybe he’s bringing us a ...letter.’ Poppy, a fair-haired girl of fourteen or so, looked doubtful.
‘Maybe he wants to buy some fresh vegetables,’ she offered, but at that moment she heard the flap of the letter-box raised, followed by the slap of something falling on to the flags of the front kitchen. With a shriek of delight Poppy dashed out of the room, and in a few moments had returned with a bulky letter, which she handed to her father.
‘What’s it say, Dad?’ she asked eagerly.MoreLess
‘Well, Poppy,’ said Bottomley, ‘maybe he’s bringing us a ...letter.’ Poppy, a fair-haired girl of fourteen or so, looked doubtful.
‘Maybe he wants to buy some fresh vegetables,’ she offered, but at that moment she heard the flap of the letter-box raised, followed by the slap of something falling on to the flags of the front kitchen. With a shriek of delight Poppy dashed out of the room, and in a few moments had returned with a bulky letter, which she handed to her father.
‘What’s it say, Dad?’ she asked eagerly.MoreLess
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