“She hated the wild, windy weather that always began just as school started again after the Christmas holidays. On the more exposed parts of the road she sometimes had to get off her bicycle and walk until she reached the shelter of trees or the angle of the road changed, so she wasn’t pedalling straight into the eye of the wind. There were sudden sleety showers that stung her face and made the road slushy and dangerous until it melted properly. Whenever the morning bus or an occasional car over...took her, she was sure to get her shoes and stockings soaked with spray. In fact, everything she did was more difficult in January. It was still dark when she got up in the morning, the candle flickered in the icy draughts under her bedroom door, the lino was as cold as stone if her warm feet missed the thin, rag rug. Although she kept her underclothes in bed with her, there was nothing to be done about her blouse and tunic. They hung on the back of the door and she shivered as she pulled them on.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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