Honey's Farm (1994)
“She missed his intelligence, his dry humour and, most of all, she recognized wryly, she missed his passion.
He had gone to London, after much persuasion on her part and string-pulling by the indomitable Lord Temple, and had resumed his training in a big teaching hospital somewhere in the city.
Eddie had attempted to persuade Arian to go with him; he had held her in his arms, his mouth close to hers, and begged her softly, with love in his eyes, to go with him, as his wife. Two, he said, could l...ive easily on the generous allowance put at his disposal.
Arian appreciated the honour he did her and would have accepted the difficulties readily; but she had envisaged endless days spent in some faceless boarding house while she waited for Eddie to spare her a little time from his work. That, she had told him firmly, was not for her.
‘But you could learn more about shoemaking’ – he’d held her closer, his taut, strong body against her offering a potent inducement – ‘with the extra experience you would gain from working in London you could come back and take up a high position in Eline Temple’s scheme of things.’ She had touched his face lightly.MoreLess
He had gone to London, after much persuasion on her part and string-pulling by the indomitable Lord Temple, and had resumed his training in a big teaching hospital somewhere in the city.
Eddie had attempted to persuade Arian to go with him; he had held her in his arms, his mouth close to hers, and begged her softly, with love in his eyes, to go with him, as his wife. Two, he said, could l...ive easily on the generous allowance put at his disposal.
Arian appreciated the honour he did her and would have accepted the difficulties readily; but she had envisaged endless days spent in some faceless boarding house while she waited for Eddie to spare her a little time from his work. That, she had told him firmly, was not for her.
‘But you could learn more about shoemaking’ – he’d held her closer, his taut, strong body against her offering a potent inducement – ‘with the extra experience you would gain from working in London you could come back and take up a high position in Eline Temple’s scheme of things.’ She had touched his face lightly.MoreLess
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