The Evening Spider (2015)
“I’d heard his cousin sometimes lived there with him. Perhaps when in a different mindset, I’d have hesitated to knock at the door of two bachelors.
But knock I did, and Frederick appeared. He was taller than I remembered him—but thin in the face, with a boyish dewiness to his eyes. His hair was long, slick, and gathered at the back—but his bushy beard was incongruously unkempt.
“Mrs. . . . Barnett?” he said.
“That’s correct, Mr. Baines.”
Frederick shrugged one shoulder. “Are you wanting some sq...uashes?”
“Well . . .” I hadn’t thought of trying to cover the purpose of my visit, but now that I’d been given an opportunity, it seemed a sensible idea. “Yes, if you have any. Two or three. That’s what I can fit in the carriage with my girl.”
“I have two acorn squashes I can sell you. Don’t have a lot to spare. Sold most of what I grew and need to eat myself.”
He slipped back into the house and reappeared with two small squashes—the size of baby’s heads.MoreLess
But knock I did, and Frederick appeared. He was taller than I remembered him—but thin in the face, with a boyish dewiness to his eyes. His hair was long, slick, and gathered at the back—but his bushy beard was incongruously unkempt.
“Mrs. . . . Barnett?” he said.
“That’s correct, Mr. Baines.”
Frederick shrugged one shoulder. “Are you wanting some sq...uashes?”
“Well . . .” I hadn’t thought of trying to cover the purpose of my visit, but now that I’d been given an opportunity, it seemed a sensible idea. “Yes, if you have any. Two or three. That’s what I can fit in the carriage with my girl.”
“I have two acorn squashes I can sell you. Don’t have a lot to spare. Sold most of what I grew and need to eat myself.”
He slipped back into the house and reappeared with two small squashes—the size of baby’s heads.MoreLess
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