No Escape
“This peaceful and prosaic scene, coming at the end of a working day so full of unusual, even fantastic happenings, made her laugh.
“What’s so funny?” Mary asked. The shirt she was ironing was an old one, but did not seem to her to be a worthy object of derision.
“He’s turned up again,” Jane said. “Guess where?”
“Who’s turned up?” Mary asked, defensively, then, her mind waking up, said, “Not that doubtful charmer—Barry—”
“Gerry,” answered Jane. “Gerald Stone.”
“Lying in wait ...for you outside the gates? Chasing you up the road?”
“Neither. As a patient in the department.”
“No!”
“Yes, indeed. A genuine sprain of his left wrist. All puffed up and painful. Limited movement. But no fracture.”
“So he wasn’t putting it on, but using it as an excuse to see you?”MoreLess
“What’s so funny?” Mary asked. The shirt she was ironing was an old one, but did not seem to her to be a worthy object of derision.
“He’s turned up again,” Jane said. “Guess where?”
“Who’s turned up?” Mary asked, defensively, then, her mind waking up, said, “Not that doubtful charmer—Barry—”
“Gerry,” answered Jane. “Gerald Stone.”
“Lying in wait ...for you outside the gates? Chasing you up the road?”
“Neither. As a patient in the department.”
“No!”
“Yes, indeed. A genuine sprain of his left wrist. All puffed up and painful. Limited movement. But no fracture.”
“So he wasn’t putting it on, but using it as an excuse to see you?”MoreLess
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