Stopping for a Spell
“Mum puts forth her best for visitors. Serve Tony right. He didn’t want any.
Okay, okay. Mum’s turn to be insulted. Angus Flint cut off a very small corner of his veal and nibbled at it like a rabbit. “This is nice, Margaret!” he said. He sounded thoroughly surprised, as if Mum were famous for cooking fried toads in snail sauce. Then he went on telling Dad that the Common Market was very profound. Mum was looking stormy and Dad seemed crushed by then. So I told Angus Flint that it wasn’t profoun...d at all. I didn’t see why I shouldn’t. After all, I am going to have the vote one day. But I got the Stare Treatment again, and then Angus Flint said, “I don’t want to listen to childish nonsense.”
I felt almost crushed, too. I was glad it was “Pass the Buck, Dad” on the telly. Pip and I did the washing up in order to see it, and Tony got out of bed—he’d watch that program if he was dying. We were all crouched around the television, ready to go, when Angus Flint came bustling in from the sitting room, where Mum was giving him polite coffee, and turned it over to the other channel.MoreLess
Okay, okay. Mum’s turn to be insulted. Angus Flint cut off a very small corner of his veal and nibbled at it like a rabbit. “This is nice, Margaret!” he said. He sounded thoroughly surprised, as if Mum were famous for cooking fried toads in snail sauce. Then he went on telling Dad that the Common Market was very profound. Mum was looking stormy and Dad seemed crushed by then. So I told Angus Flint that it wasn’t profoun...d at all. I didn’t see why I shouldn’t. After all, I am going to have the vote one day. But I got the Stare Treatment again, and then Angus Flint said, “I don’t want to listen to childish nonsense.”
I felt almost crushed, too. I was glad it was “Pass the Buck, Dad” on the telly. Pip and I did the washing up in order to see it, and Tony got out of bed—he’d watch that program if he was dying. We were all crouched around the television, ready to go, when Angus Flint came bustling in from the sitting room, where Mum was giving him polite coffee, and turned it over to the other channel.MoreLess
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