On Loving Josiah
“Five minutes before that, Thomas was wondering whether the honourable thing to do was to renege on his promise to teach the boy Latin at all; but luckily that was after he’d laid out a few text books and made a fire, which he was stoking when the doorbell went. He jumped up and looked in the mirror; his face did not belie his mood – skin wan, but clear; eyes bright, but not manically so – and that fact alone gave him the strength to go downstairs and answer the door.
‘Josiah, you’re keen!’ ...exclaimed Thomas, making a show of looking at his watch.
‘Well, I am,’ said Josiah, unapologetically. ‘Iterum nos videmus’ – is that right?’ ‘Ita vero, puer. Sed ubi didicisti illud?’ ‘I’m sorry?’ ‘Where did you learn that? I’m impressed.’ ‘Ex bibliotheca librum cepi – is that right?’ Josiah was still standing on the doorstep, grinning happily, wearing a striped jumper two sizes two big for him.
‘Here is an angel dropping by,’ thought Thomas, ‘here is fresh water from a clear spring!’ But he said, rather more sensibly, ‘Come on upstairs, Josiah.MoreLess
‘Josiah, you’re keen!’ ...exclaimed Thomas, making a show of looking at his watch.
‘Well, I am,’ said Josiah, unapologetically. ‘Iterum nos videmus’ – is that right?’ ‘Ita vero, puer. Sed ubi didicisti illud?’ ‘I’m sorry?’ ‘Where did you learn that? I’m impressed.’ ‘Ex bibliotheca librum cepi – is that right?’ Josiah was still standing on the doorstep, grinning happily, wearing a striped jumper two sizes two big for him.
‘Here is an angel dropping by,’ thought Thomas, ‘here is fresh water from a clear spring!’ But he said, rather more sensibly, ‘Come on upstairs, Josiah.MoreLess
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