Homeland
“As he drove in through the gates, the headlamps briefly illuminated Marjorie drawing the curtains at an upstairs window. She gave him a bright wave and he parked with a sense of good fortune, thinking of the sherry they would enjoy by the fire and the book on the ancient lake villages of Somerset which he was looking forward to reading after dinner. They had come to the village from Bristol four months after the outbreak of war when it became clear that, instead of working towards retirement, B...ennett would have to remain in harness for the duration. He had taken over the adjoining practices of two doctors who had volunteered for the army, an option closed to him by dint of age and invalidity. A gas attack on the Somme had left him with recurrent bronchitis and chronic asthma. The Levels were not perhaps the best place for a man with weak lungs, but Bennett had never been prepared to make concessions to his debility. He liked the place, he was intrigued by its history, and though the house was like an ice-box in winter and prone to mysterious attacks of damp in summer, he and Marjorie had fallen for the view across Aller Moor towards the Polden Hills.MoreLess
Read book Homeland for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
9 / 10
7 / 10
8 / 10
User Reviews: