No Way of Telling (2016)
““Well?” said Mrs Bowen.
“They’ve gone.”
Mrs Bowen poked the fire.
“They were the police, Granny.”
Mrs Bowen straightened up indignantly.
“I knew that. You don’t think I’d have let you go off with just anyone, not knowing who? I wasn’t afraid they’d do you any harm.”
“You didn’t want me to go, though.”
“You went just the same.”
“I’m sorry, Granny,” said Amy, deeply contrite. “I don’t know what it was came over me.”
“Oh, well—I daresay you were right. Never mind about it now—come by the fire, Amy..., you must be just about starved. What did they say, then?”
“They asked me had I seen anyone?”
“I knew they were bound to. Oh, well—it’s all for the best, I daresay. Drink up that tea now—it’ll warm you—and I’ll put a piece of bacon to fry in just a minute.”
“I said I hadn’t.”
“You said you hadn’t what?”
“I said I hadn’t seen anyone. It was a lie, Granny. I told him a lie.”
Mrs Bowen had picked up the kettle.MoreLess
“They’ve gone.”
Mrs Bowen poked the fire.
“They were the police, Granny.”
Mrs Bowen straightened up indignantly.
“I knew that. You don’t think I’d have let you go off with just anyone, not knowing who? I wasn’t afraid they’d do you any harm.”
“You didn’t want me to go, though.”
“You went just the same.”
“I’m sorry, Granny,” said Amy, deeply contrite. “I don’t know what it was came over me.”
“Oh, well—I daresay you were right. Never mind about it now—come by the fire, Amy..., you must be just about starved. What did they say, then?”
“They asked me had I seen anyone?”
“I knew they were bound to. Oh, well—it’s all for the best, I daresay. Drink up that tea now—it’ll warm you—and I’ll put a piece of bacon to fry in just a minute.”
“I said I hadn’t.”
“You said you hadn’t what?”
“I said I hadn’t seen anyone. It was a lie, Granny. I told him a lie.”
Mrs Bowen had picked up the kettle.MoreLess
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