Magnolia Square
“‘An’ Daddy says we can have our tea in the back garden an’ that he’ll take us to the park afterwards!’ ‘We’ve had ice-creams in Chiesemans,’ Matthew began importantly in brotherly one-upmanship. ‘We’ve been in a big, big car . . . a car so big.’ He held his arms as far apart as possible.
Leon stopped what he was doing, which was rinsing strawberries, and looked across at Kate in bemused curiosity. Matthew loved to exaggerate, as all kiddies did, but he never told out and out fibs. ‘Have you... been in a big car?’ he asked, trying to think, if she had, who on earth it could have belonged to. The only person they knew with a car was Dr Roberts, and his little Morris couldn’t be called big, even by Matthew’s standards.
‘So big it had a horn like the Last Trump,’ she said wryly.
‘It was Great-Gra . . .’ Matthew began, about to tell his Daddy-Leon who the car had belonged to.
Kate clapped her hand over his mouth.MoreLess
Leon stopped what he was doing, which was rinsing strawberries, and looked across at Kate in bemused curiosity. Matthew loved to exaggerate, as all kiddies did, but he never told out and out fibs. ‘Have you... been in a big car?’ he asked, trying to think, if she had, who on earth it could have belonged to. The only person they knew with a car was Dr Roberts, and his little Morris couldn’t be called big, even by Matthew’s standards.
‘So big it had a horn like the Last Trump,’ she said wryly.
‘It was Great-Gra . . .’ Matthew began, about to tell his Daddy-Leon who the car had belonged to.
Kate clapped her hand over his mouth.MoreLess
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