Prisoner's Base (2013)
“It was ironic, then, that it should have been that very afternoon when things began to go wrong.
It was Mavis, really, who started it all. Mavis was the only member of the household who, right from the beginning, had refused to be reconciled in any degree to the presence of an ex-criminal in the house. Not that she had made any overt protest, after that first tearful scene on the night of Maurice’s arrival. At Claudia’s behest, she had duly dried her tears and ceased from argument; but from... that day she had become a shadow of her former—distinctly shadowy—self. A shadow of a shadow —that was poor Mavis now. Her hair grew lanker than ever, and she spoke little. By night she locked her bedroom door against all comers, while by day she crept, bristling and furtive, about the house, like the established family cat when a new puppy is brought home. Often now she went up to her room immediately after supper and settled down to sleep or brooding behind closed curtains while the evening sky was still green and lucent, and the light lay like still water across the field, as if it would never go away.MoreLess
It was Mavis, really, who started it all. Mavis was the only member of the household who, right from the beginning, had refused to be reconciled in any degree to the presence of an ex-criminal in the house. Not that she had made any overt protest, after that first tearful scene on the night of Maurice’s arrival. At Claudia’s behest, she had duly dried her tears and ceased from argument; but from... that day she had become a shadow of her former—distinctly shadowy—self. A shadow of a shadow —that was poor Mavis now. Her hair grew lanker than ever, and she spoke little. By night she locked her bedroom door against all comers, while by day she crept, bristling and furtive, about the house, like the established family cat when a new puppy is brought home. Often now she went up to her room immediately after supper and settled down to sleep or brooding behind closed curtains while the evening sky was still green and lucent, and the light lay like still water across the field, as if it would never go away.MoreLess
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