Splitting
“Jelly received the call. She said Brian Moss was at a meeting, though he wasn’t. She said she would ask Brian to return the call, but she didn’t.
“Why don’t we like him?” Angelica asked.
“He was unsympathetic,” said Lady Rice vaguely. “Not quite our sort.”
Memories of the marriage were fading, had only properly been Lady Rice’s anyway, at any rate in the latter days of the marriage. A few vivid incidents stood out: watching the chimney fall through the roof, handing over money to Robert... Jellico, nursing Lady Ventura, the dinner when Natalie burned Susan’s cheek with lobster soup. Yes, Tully Toffener had been there that night, but what had he said, what had he done? She remembered Sara Toffener complaining about the servants. But these incidents now floated like star-ships in a kind of space, without beginning, without end. They had nothing much to do with Lady Rice any more. She had not seen or spoken to Edwin for six months, though he had called Brian Moss on a few occasions, and she had put the call through.MoreLess
“Why don’t we like him?” Angelica asked.
“He was unsympathetic,” said Lady Rice vaguely. “Not quite our sort.”
Memories of the marriage were fading, had only properly been Lady Rice’s anyway, at any rate in the latter days of the marriage. A few vivid incidents stood out: watching the chimney fall through the roof, handing over money to Robert... Jellico, nursing Lady Ventura, the dinner when Natalie burned Susan’s cheek with lobster soup. Yes, Tully Toffener had been there that night, but what had he said, what had he done? She remembered Sara Toffener complaining about the servants. But these incidents now floated like star-ships in a kind of space, without beginning, without end. They had nothing much to do with Lady Rice any more. She had not seen or spoken to Edwin for six months, though he had called Brian Moss on a few occasions, and she had put the call through.MoreLess
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