Nine Coaches Waiting
“Dickens: Pickwick Papers.
He came awake instantly. "Mademoiselle? Is it morning?" "Yes. Get up, chicken. We've got to go." "All right. Are you crying, mademoiselle?" "Good heavens, no! What makes you think that?" “Something fell on me. Wet." "Dew, mon p’tit. The roof leaks. Now come along." He jumped up straight away, and in a very short space of time we were down that ladder, and Philippe was lacing his shoes while I made a lightning raid on William Blake's cupboards.
"Biscuits," I s...aid cheerfully, "and butter and-yes, a tin of sardines. And I brought cake and chocolate. Here's riches! Trust a man to look after himself. He's all stocked up like a squirrel." Philippe smiled. His face looked a little less pinched this morning, though the grey light filtering through the shutters still showed him pale. God knows how it showed me. I felt like I walking ghost.
"Can we make up the stove, mademoiselle?" "Afraid not.MoreLess
He came awake instantly. "Mademoiselle? Is it morning?" "Yes. Get up, chicken. We've got to go." "All right. Are you crying, mademoiselle?" "Good heavens, no! What makes you think that?" “Something fell on me. Wet." "Dew, mon p’tit. The roof leaks. Now come along." He jumped up straight away, and in a very short space of time we were down that ladder, and Philippe was lacing his shoes while I made a lightning raid on William Blake's cupboards.
"Biscuits," I s...aid cheerfully, "and butter and-yes, a tin of sardines. And I brought cake and chocolate. Here's riches! Trust a man to look after himself. He's all stocked up like a squirrel." Philippe smiled. His face looked a little less pinched this morning, though the grey light filtering through the shutters still showed him pale. God knows how it showed me. I felt like I walking ghost.
"Can we make up the stove, mademoiselle?" "Afraid not.MoreLess
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