Jack On the Gallows Tree (1988)
“He had no idea that survivals of this kind existed in such numbers. Old ladies with shawls and companions, old gentlemen with starched linen and monocles, they sat in deep armchairs from which nothing could rouse them but the time for lunch. Such younger people as there were in the room—and women of fifty looked positively girlish here—were obviously dependent relatives with or without expectations, or persons employed to ease the last years of wealthy old men and women. He himself, in his fort...ies and weak and shaky from illness, felt a boy as he gazed about him.
He sat down, but was approached by a septuagenarian lady who had just entered.
“You’ll excuse me,” she said peremptorily, “but that’s my seat.”
Carolus rose.
“It has been for twelve years.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“You’ve evidently just arrived.”
“Yes.”
“They should have told you.”
“Do you think I might venture on that armchair over there?”
“No. That’s Lady Tonks’s.”
“I see. Perhaps …”MoreLess
He sat down, but was approached by a septuagenarian lady who had just entered.
“You’ll excuse me,” she said peremptorily, “but that’s my seat.”
Carolus rose.
“It has been for twelve years.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“You’ve evidently just arrived.”
“Yes.”
“They should have told you.”
“Do you think I might venture on that armchair over there?”
“No. That’s Lady Tonks’s.”
“I see. Perhaps …”MoreLess
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