Remember Me (2014)
“He arrived back at Blackpool Central Station in the early afternoon and his long-legged strides, urged on by his determination, took him in a matter of minutes to the boarding house in Adelaide Street where ‘Mrs Anna Murphy…welcomes guests from all regions’.
He let himself into the house, dumped his bag in the hallway and walked purposefully into the kitchen at the back, where he guessed his mother would be washing up after the midday dinner. She was there at the large sink, her arms immers...ed almost to the elbows in soapy water, piling plates onto what already seemed a considerable mountain of crockery on the wooden draining board. Myrtle, their ‘maid of all work’ – waitress, chambermaid-cum-kitchen maid – stood at her side, wiping the plates with a striped tea towel before placing them on the pine table in the centre of the room.‘Myrtle, would you please leave us alone for a few minutes?’ said Dan politely. ‘I have something rather important to discuss with my mother.’‘Certainly,’ said the girl, quite deferentially, although she did not bob a curtsy as some maids had been trained to.MoreLess
He let himself into the house, dumped his bag in the hallway and walked purposefully into the kitchen at the back, where he guessed his mother would be washing up after the midday dinner. She was there at the large sink, her arms immers...ed almost to the elbows in soapy water, piling plates onto what already seemed a considerable mountain of crockery on the wooden draining board. Myrtle, their ‘maid of all work’ – waitress, chambermaid-cum-kitchen maid – stood at her side, wiping the plates with a striped tea towel before placing them on the pine table in the centre of the room.‘Myrtle, would you please leave us alone for a few minutes?’ said Dan politely. ‘I have something rather important to discuss with my mother.’‘Certainly,’ said the girl, quite deferentially, although she did not bob a curtsy as some maids had been trained to.MoreLess
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