North Face
“Ellen’s door opened as he passed it on his way’ down. She put her head round it, keeping the rest of her person twisted out of sight.
“Are we climbing?” she asked.
“I shouldn’t think so. I doubt if there’s anything there.”
“Right, I shan’t be a moment.” Her head withdrew. They had climbed yesterday, in a mild way, after the police had gone. It had appealed to him as a simple means of taking her out of herself, no more than a neighbourly duty; it would have been brutal to leave her alone. The pl...an had answered well. He could not remember, now, what had led up to making a fixture for today as well, only that it had seemed to follow quite naturally at the time. As he went down the last flight of stairs it occurred to him that she had been listening for his step while making up her mind how to dress. A vague pleasure at being consulted on this decision added itself to his diffused cheerfulness, but was altogether too silly to find lodging in his surface thoughts.
She came down a few minutes later, in a blue linen shirt and a grey skirt, pleated, which swung a little with her step.MoreLess
“Are we climbing?” she asked.
“I shouldn’t think so. I doubt if there’s anything there.”
“Right, I shan’t be a moment.” Her head withdrew. They had climbed yesterday, in a mild way, after the police had gone. It had appealed to him as a simple means of taking her out of herself, no more than a neighbourly duty; it would have been brutal to leave her alone. The pl...an had answered well. He could not remember, now, what had led up to making a fixture for today as well, only that it had seemed to follow quite naturally at the time. As he went down the last flight of stairs it occurred to him that she had been listening for his step while making up her mind how to dress. A vague pleasure at being consulted on this decision added itself to his diffused cheerfulness, but was altogether too silly to find lodging in his surface thoughts.
She came down a few minutes later, in a blue linen shirt and a grey skirt, pleated, which swung a little with her step.MoreLess
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