The Bad Samaritan
“She looked at him in the better light there.
“You look tired,” she said, “and hungry.”
“A little,” said Stanko. “I was told I must go middle morning. I went to do packing—” he gestured towards a pathetically small and ill-filled knapsack—“and then I said good-bye and went to coach station. Coach is cheaper, you see. When we get to Leeds I have great difficulty finding bus to Abbingley—everybody very kind and try to help but I go wrong.”
“Well, sit down. I’ll get you a hot drink, and then I’ll m...ake you an omelette or something.”
Rosemary found she rather enjoyed fussing over Stanko, as he had fussed over her in the dining room at Cliff View. She lit the gas fire because the evening was getting chilly, made him a pot of coffee, then made a big mushroom omelette with a salad and opened some tins to make some kind of sweet. She was just sitting down opposite him and saying, “Now,” when she heard Paul’s key in the door. She smiled at Stanko encouragingly, said “Don’t worry”MoreLess
“You look tired,” she said, “and hungry.”
“A little,” said Stanko. “I was told I must go middle morning. I went to do packing—” he gestured towards a pathetically small and ill-filled knapsack—“and then I said good-bye and went to coach station. Coach is cheaper, you see. When we get to Leeds I have great difficulty finding bus to Abbingley—everybody very kind and try to help but I go wrong.”
“Well, sit down. I’ll get you a hot drink, and then I’ll m...ake you an omelette or something.”
Rosemary found she rather enjoyed fussing over Stanko, as he had fussed over her in the dining room at Cliff View. She lit the gas fire because the evening was getting chilly, made him a pot of coffee, then made a big mushroom omelette with a salad and opened some tins to make some kind of sweet. She was just sitting down opposite him and saying, “Now,” when she heard Paul’s key in the door. She smiled at Stanko encouragingly, said “Don’t worry”MoreLess
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