Paint On the Smiles (2012)
“Something was different. She listened and realized there was a low murmuring that could only be voices, yet couldn’t be. It was too vast a sound to be workmen on their way down the hill to the docks and there was no accompanying clatter of boots. She woke Peter who was snoring gently beside her and he reached out an arm.
‘Sleep, love, it’s early yet.’ ‘Listen,’ she whispered. ‘What’s that sound? It isn’t people. What can it be?’ He listened, became curious and walked to the front room and l...ooked out. ‘Good God, help us!’ he gasped. ‘Come and look at this!’ Cecily joined him and stared down in utter disbelief into the street far below them. It was full of soldiers. Helmeted heads like a sea of bobbing, netted globes, stretching as far as they could see.
‘It’s started,’ Peter breathed. ‘God help them all.’ ‘Tea,’ Cecily decided. She called Ada and Phil, who, sleeping at the back of the house, had not been disturbed.MoreLess
‘Sleep, love, it’s early yet.’ ‘Listen,’ she whispered. ‘What’s that sound? It isn’t people. What can it be?’ He listened, became curious and walked to the front room and l...ooked out. ‘Good God, help us!’ he gasped. ‘Come and look at this!’ Cecily joined him and stared down in utter disbelief into the street far below them. It was full of soldiers. Helmeted heads like a sea of bobbing, netted globes, stretching as far as they could see.
‘It’s started,’ Peter breathed. ‘God help them all.’ ‘Tea,’ Cecily decided. She called Ada and Phil, who, sleeping at the back of the house, had not been disturbed.MoreLess
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