No Nest for the Wicket (2011)
““Oh, there you are,” I said to Rose Noire. “Could you go help Mother with something?”
“Right away,” she said. “We’ll talk again later,” she said to Mr. Briggs as she scurried off.
Mother hadn’t asked for Rose Noire’s help, but she was never short of little tasks for representatives of my generation to perform when they fell into her clutches.
Mr. Briggs’s smile looked strained. He didn’t seem all that happy at being rescued from Rose Noire.
“You wanted to talk to me about something?” he asked a... little brusquely. Obviously, our earlier conversation hadn’t endeared me to him.
“I thought perhaps you needed a break,” I said. “Rose Noire can be overwhelming if you’re not used to her.”
“Overwhelming,” he said. “Yes, that’s one word for it. She told me she was a druid in a past life.”
“A druid?” I repeated “Are you sure?”
“Reasonably so.”
“That’s a relief, then,” I said. “When she told me, I thought sure she’d said a dryad.”MoreLess
“Right away,” she said. “We’ll talk again later,” she said to Mr. Briggs as she scurried off.
Mother hadn’t asked for Rose Noire’s help, but she was never short of little tasks for representatives of my generation to perform when they fell into her clutches.
Mr. Briggs’s smile looked strained. He didn’t seem all that happy at being rescued from Rose Noire.
“You wanted to talk to me about something?” he asked a... little brusquely. Obviously, our earlier conversation hadn’t endeared me to him.
“I thought perhaps you needed a break,” I said. “Rose Noire can be overwhelming if you’re not used to her.”
“Overwhelming,” he said. “Yes, that’s one word for it. She told me she was a druid in a past life.”
“A druid?” I repeated “Are you sure?”
“Reasonably so.”
“That’s a relief, then,” I said. “When she told me, I thought sure she’d said a dryad.”MoreLess
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