The Hamiltons of Ballydown (2014)
“She waited patiently as he laid the folded sheets on the tablecloth. The hint of a smile touched his lips as he picked up his mug and drank deeply.‘Well, what do you think, love?’‘What I think,’ he said firmly, ‘is that she’s one great lady. An’ she thinks the world of you,’ he went on. ‘Sure I cou’d love her for that, even if I diden know her from Adam. I think you shou’d go. Isn’t it just what yer man Doctor Stewart recommended for you way back in March?’‘But two months, John,’ she said uneas...ily. ‘It’s a long time.’‘Aye, it is,’ he said, laughing wryly, ‘for a couple never parted a night in twenty two years, unless you count me sleepin’ in Jamie’s bed when you were so poorly,’ he added, looking at her directly. ‘But sure we might have been parted for good,’ he said coolly. ‘What’s two months compared to that, an’ me knowin’ you’re safe and well and has the best of everythin’? Wouldn’t it put you rightly on your feet before the winter?MoreLess
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