The Butterfly Box
“Better?’ asked Ingrid who was bent over her easel painting a portrait of Sam reading on the lawn. ‘Blast!’ she exclaimed hotly. ‘I’m so much better at painting birds.’ ‘Fine,’ Molly replied absentmindedly, concentrating on the daisy chain she was making.
‘Oh, I am pleased. It can’t be easy moving to a new country and having to make friends all over again.’ ‘She was very quiet at first, but Hester says she’s happier now. She’s more Hester’s friend,’ said Molly, who was a couple of years older an...d bored by their childish games.
‘The summer term is always much more fun anyway,’ said Ingrid, sitting back on her stool and exchanging her paintbrush for her cigarette that smoked in its elegant lilac holder on the table beside her. ‘Sam darling, don’t move a muscle,’ she instructed, putting the monocle to her eye and studying her painting in detail.
‘Mum, I haven’t moved for the last hour, why would I want to move now?’ said Sam, who was lying on his front reading Maupassant’s Bel Ami, unamused at being disturbed.MoreLess
‘Oh, I am pleased. It can’t be easy moving to a new country and having to make friends all over again.’ ‘She was very quiet at first, but Hester says she’s happier now. She’s more Hester’s friend,’ said Molly, who was a couple of years older an...d bored by their childish games.
‘The summer term is always much more fun anyway,’ said Ingrid, sitting back on her stool and exchanging her paintbrush for her cigarette that smoked in its elegant lilac holder on the table beside her. ‘Sam darling, don’t move a muscle,’ she instructed, putting the monocle to her eye and studying her painting in detail.
‘Mum, I haven’t moved for the last hour, why would I want to move now?’ said Sam, who was lying on his front reading Maupassant’s Bel Ami, unamused at being disturbed.MoreLess
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