Paragon Walk
“She rehearsed a dozen times in her mind what she meant to tell him, and each time it came out differently. She completely missed the bookshelves in her dusting and forgot to salt the vegetables. She gave Jemima two lots of pudding, much to the child’s delight, but at least she did have her changed and sound asleep when Pitt finally came.
He looked tired, and the first thing he did was to take his boots off and empty his pockets of the enormous number of things he had shoved into them throughout... the day. She brought him a cold drink, determined not to make the same mistake as last time.
“How was Emily?” he asked after a few minutes.
“Well enough,” she answered, almost holding her breath to avoid plunging into the story. “The whole affair was rather horrible. I suppose they felt the same as we would underneath, but nothing showed. It was all—empty.”
“Did they talk about her—Fanny?”
“No!” She shook her head. “No, they didn’t. You’d hardly have known whose funeral it was.MoreLess
He looked tired, and the first thing he did was to take his boots off and empty his pockets of the enormous number of things he had shoved into them throughout... the day. She brought him a cold drink, determined not to make the same mistake as last time.
“How was Emily?” he asked after a few minutes.
“Well enough,” she answered, almost holding her breath to avoid plunging into the story. “The whole affair was rather horrible. I suppose they felt the same as we would underneath, but nothing showed. It was all—empty.”
“Did they talk about her—Fanny?”
“No!” She shook her head. “No, they didn’t. You’d hardly have known whose funeral it was.MoreLess
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