In the Blood
“The long table in the dining room was set for fifteen: Neil and me, the doctor and the twelve ‘boys’, who ranged in age from fourteen to their early twenties. It seemed that although the other offspring of varied generations lived in separate houses nearby, it was evidently the family habit for young unattached men to live with their progenitor until they married.
They were boisterous and good-humoured, clearly fond of their work and even fonder of the woman they referred to as ‘Grandma’. They ...were even more obviously used to occasional clients appearing. Their lack of questions was as marked as their failure to mention anything to do with doctors or engineering.
Instead they talked of turkeys and someone’s wedding, comparing the personal habits of turkey cocks to the prospective groom, and Neil watched and ate and occasionally laughed with them. And I laughed and watched them and Neil, and absentmindedly fingered the SkinTite on my arm and wondered what the fate of that small amount of flesh I’d given up might be.MoreLess
They were boisterous and good-humoured, clearly fond of their work and even fonder of the woman they referred to as ‘Grandma’. They ...were even more obviously used to occasional clients appearing. Their lack of questions was as marked as their failure to mention anything to do with doctors or engineering.
Instead they talked of turkeys and someone’s wedding, comparing the personal habits of turkey cocks to the prospective groom, and Neil watched and ate and occasionally laughed with them. And I laughed and watched them and Neil, and absentmindedly fingered the SkinTite on my arm and wondered what the fate of that small amount of flesh I’d given up might be.MoreLess
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