Louis Beside Himself (2012)
“Cordelia was performing a stand-up comedy act.
‘You, boy.’ She pointed imperiously. ‘Find another toga for me! Look at this one, all splattered with gladiator blood. How can I cook for the Emperor in this state?’ In a nanosecond she could change her identity, her body language, the shape of her mouth, everything. She made you believe an Ancient Roman cook had somehow managed to get stranded between centuries, a natural accident of the universe that had occurred, amazingly, in your very own ...kitchen . . .
‘Agnes!’ I remembered, leaping up. ‘I’ve got to ring Dad!’ As I ran to the phone, I was BESIEGED by an image of Doreen speeding along in her old Ford, her hair frizzing out in fright. Dad would be driving beside her singing ‘The Long and Winding Road’, which he did whenever he wanted you to think everything would turn out all right but was secretly convinced it wouldn’t.
‘Hullo, Dad?’ I yelled into the phone, trying to make myself heard above a sea of music and voices.MoreLess
‘You, boy.’ She pointed imperiously. ‘Find another toga for me! Look at this one, all splattered with gladiator blood. How can I cook for the Emperor in this state?’ In a nanosecond she could change her identity, her body language, the shape of her mouth, everything. She made you believe an Ancient Roman cook had somehow managed to get stranded between centuries, a natural accident of the universe that had occurred, amazingly, in your very own ...kitchen . . .
‘Agnes!’ I remembered, leaping up. ‘I’ve got to ring Dad!’ As I ran to the phone, I was BESIEGED by an image of Doreen speeding along in her old Ford, her hair frizzing out in fright. Dad would be driving beside her singing ‘The Long and Winding Road’, which he did whenever he wanted you to think everything would turn out all right but was secretly convinced it wouldn’t.
‘Hullo, Dad?’ I yelled into the phone, trying to make myself heard above a sea of music and voices.MoreLess
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