Night Music
“She sat, resigned, as the man opposite worked his way methodically through his newspaper and the two backpackers to her right chatted in some language that sounded harsh and northern European, letting the dull monotony of the wheels on the track lull her mind into nothingness.She thought of Mary, who had met her for coffee, and who had commiserated about the tyranny of the school run. ‘Just be glad you’re not doing it in London,’ she had said cheerfully. ‘I spend half my life in the car.’It had... been good to see her, a reminder that Isabel had once been part of another life. Mary asked eagerly after Kitty and Thierry, told Isabel she looked a lot better (a diplomatic fib, Isabel guessed) and promised to visit soon. But it was clear that she belonged elsewhere now, that she was already at the hub of another family. She had brought one of her new charges with her, a doe-eyed baby whom she dandled on her knee with the calm confidence she had shown in dealing with Isabel’s children.‘Not been shopping, then?’Isabel glanced down the carriage and saw a woman she recognised.MoreLess
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