“Tired and depressed, she walked home in time to join Edward at the breakfast table. Mrs Brendel, who had insisted on getting breakfast even though Sunday was her morning off, poured her a cup of coffee and asked after the children. She said she would go to Ivy Cottage later to see what she could do to help Charlotte.‘You look terrible, V,’ Edward said, unhelpfully.‘I’m not surprised! I hardly slept while I suppose you were snoring happily. This morning I decided to tell the girls exactly how By...ron had died. I didn’t want them to catch sight of lurid headlines in a newspaper and find out we hadn’t been honest with them. I hated having to do it and I’ll never forget Ada’s face. She was stricken – that’s the only word for it.’‘Can’t we prevent them seeing the newspapers, V?’‘We can try but they can’t be protected from the truth forever. That’s why I decided to tell them the facts as gently as I could. Jean seemed to accept it and was remarkably calm – almost unnaturally so.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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