Grand Canary
“The morning sun blazed fitfully out of a ragged sky and warm intermittent showers had flattened out the sea.
A pad of feet came from the starboard deck, but in the saloon below Robert Tranter and his sister were seated before the open harmonium.
‘It’s a great tune that, Robbie,’ she said reflectively, lifting her hands from the keyboard and turning the sheets of music on the stand. ‘And you certainly sing it fine.’ ‘Yes, it’s got a swell swing has old “ Glory”.’ His ear, held sideways t...owards the skylight, seemed to attend the returning tramp of footsteps above. ‘ Don’t you think we might close our practice now, Sue? The sun’s on the shine.’ He smiled, ‘I guess the choir might go up top.’ Her fingers ceased to move; slowly she turned her warm brown eyes upon him.
‘But we’ve only just begun, Rob. We said an hour, didn’t we? And it’s the hour I like best in all the day – all quiet and together down here.’ ‘I know, Sue,’ he said with a little laugh.MoreLess
A pad of feet came from the starboard deck, but in the saloon below Robert Tranter and his sister were seated before the open harmonium.
‘It’s a great tune that, Robbie,’ she said reflectively, lifting her hands from the keyboard and turning the sheets of music on the stand. ‘And you certainly sing it fine.’ ‘Yes, it’s got a swell swing has old “ Glory”.’ His ear, held sideways t...owards the skylight, seemed to attend the returning tramp of footsteps above. ‘ Don’t you think we might close our practice now, Sue? The sun’s on the shine.’ He smiled, ‘I guess the choir might go up top.’ Her fingers ceased to move; slowly she turned her warm brown eyes upon him.
‘But we’ve only just begun, Rob. We said an hour, didn’t we? And it’s the hour I like best in all the day – all quiet and together down here.’ ‘I know, Sue,’ he said with a little laugh.MoreLess
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