Muriel Pulls It Off (2013)
“Slowing down with a jolt, Muriel peered through the spikes of an iron gateway and up an ilex-lined avenue to an Elizabethan house that made her heart ache with ignominious desire. But no. It was too far-fetched. She drove on past a pretty church and over a cattle grid that led to a row of ancient almshouses beyond which, she guessed, lay the rectory and beyond that the village school. She had seen a sign reading ‘To the School’, all but obscured by a chestnut tree that had earlier flowered, she... was later to learn, in salmon-pink.
The gabled, red-brick rectory was easy to recognise. Delilah had provided her with impeccable instructions and stood with Dawson on the doorstep, both looking as though they had been rooted there all morning. Without advance admonition it would have been clear toMuriel that Dawson was older by several decades than Delilah, who was not without a certain glamour. Curls and teeth; rather a coup for the dilapidated Dawson. Hands were clasped, then Delilah led her guest into the house which was very splendid.MoreLess
The gabled, red-brick rectory was easy to recognise. Delilah had provided her with impeccable instructions and stood with Dawson on the doorstep, both looking as though they had been rooted there all morning. Without advance admonition it would have been clear toMuriel that Dawson was older by several decades than Delilah, who was not without a certain glamour. Curls and teeth; rather a coup for the dilapidated Dawson. Hands were clasped, then Delilah led her guest into the house which was very splendid.MoreLess
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