Pied Piper (1942)
“Then he glanced at the girl, and caught an expression of surprise, bewilderment, upon her face. ‘There are rather a lot of us, I’m afraid,’ he said apologetically.
She said: ‘But … I do not understand, Monsieur Howard. Are these your children?’ He smiled. ‘I’m looking after them. They aren’t really mine.’ He hesitated and then said: ‘I am in a position of some difficulty, mademoiselle.’ ‘Oh …’ ‘I wished to talk it over with your father.’ He wrinkled his brows in perplexity. ‘Did you think that ...it was something different?’ She said, hastily: ‘No, monsieur—not at all.’ And then she swung round and called: ‘Maman! Come quickly; here is Monsieur Howard, from Cidoton!’ The little woman that Howard remembered came bustling out; the old man greeted her ceremoniously. Then for a few minutes he stood with the children pressed close round him in the little salon of the flat, trying to make the two women understand his presence with them. It was not an easy task.MoreLess
She said: ‘But … I do not understand, Monsieur Howard. Are these your children?’ He smiled. ‘I’m looking after them. They aren’t really mine.’ He hesitated and then said: ‘I am in a position of some difficulty, mademoiselle.’ ‘Oh …’ ‘I wished to talk it over with your father.’ He wrinkled his brows in perplexity. ‘Did you think that ...it was something different?’ She said, hastily: ‘No, monsieur—not at all.’ And then she swung round and called: ‘Maman! Come quickly; here is Monsieur Howard, from Cidoton!’ The little woman that Howard remembered came bustling out; the old man greeted her ceremoniously. Then for a few minutes he stood with the children pressed close round him in the little salon of the flat, trying to make the two women understand his presence with them. It was not an easy task.MoreLess
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