Precious Time
“The curtains at the window were thin and unlined, and from the street-lamp outside, a glow of orange light shone through the cheap fabric. It was sufficient, though, for his eyes to follow the cracks in the plasterwork as if he was tracing a route on a map. That’s me, he thought tiredly, I’m looking for the way out. Or, at least, some kind of direction.
He turned on to his side, hoping sleep would come if he lay in a different position. It didn’t. Now he could hear a gang of youngsters coming b...ack from the pub: they were kicking a tin can between them and their carefree banter jarred on his troubled thoughts.
He had received a letter from Stella’s solicitor. The grey paper with the overly pedantic language had told him what he already knew, that more than two decades of marriage was to be reduced to Mrs S.
Merryman versus Mr A. F. Merryman. The tone of the letter suggested that the matter could be brought to a swift conclusion as Mrs Merryman was happy to leave her husband’s business concerns out of the negotiations, but the house was another matter.MoreLess
He turned on to his side, hoping sleep would come if he lay in a different position. It didn’t. Now he could hear a gang of youngsters coming b...ack from the pub: they were kicking a tin can between them and their carefree banter jarred on his troubled thoughts.
He had received a letter from Stella’s solicitor. The grey paper with the overly pedantic language had told him what he already knew, that more than two decades of marriage was to be reduced to Mrs S.
Merryman versus Mr A. F. Merryman. The tone of the letter suggested that the matter could be brought to a swift conclusion as Mrs Merryman was happy to leave her husband’s business concerns out of the negotiations, but the house was another matter.MoreLess
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