The Fantastic book of Everybody's Secrets (2011)
“‘Those who have a talent for making more than one person happy, and those who have a talent for making more than one person miserable.’ ‘That’s nonsense,’ said Erica Crossland. ‘There must be some who make their wives miserable and their mistresses happy. Or their wives happy and their mistresses miserable.’ She spoke quickly. Through the window she could see TP, Flora’s gardener, sitting cross-legged on the lawn, his large hands wrapped round a mug of Flora’s milky hot chocolate. As soon as he...’d finished, he would unfold his lanky body and lollop to the back door to ask for more. If he perched on the counter while Flora made it, he would be there for hours.
Erica dreaded the possibility of TP coming in and perching. It had happened before, several times. His knobbly knuckles repelled her; they stuck out, as if each of his fingers had swallowed a marble. She didn’t like his dragging walk, or that he took Flora’s money and never did anything to the grass apart from sit on it.MoreLess
Erica dreaded the possibility of TP coming in and perching. It had happened before, several times. His knobbly knuckles repelled her; they stuck out, as if each of his fingers had swallowed a marble. She didn’t like his dragging walk, or that he took Flora’s money and never did anything to the grass apart from sit on it.MoreLess
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