The Heart of the Family
“They were in the nursery studying the still damp wall that Gavin had industriously painted whilst Bella had been with Vi. Even on a horrible grey day like this one the yellow distemper gave the room a lovely sunny glow, like the inside of a buttercup, Bella thought as she admired it.
‘You’ve had a visitor as well, ever such a nice man. He arrived just as Gavin was leaving and explained that his mother and sister used to billet with you. I was a bit worried about letting him in at first but Gavi...n really took to him so I knew it would be all right,’ Lena informed Bella happily.
Jan. It could only have been Jan who had called, but what on earth for, Bella wondered, her pleasure in the yellow wall fading to be replaced with an edgy defensiveness she hadn’t felt for so long that for a few seconds she didn’t really know just what it was that was making her so cross and anxious.
‘I can’t imagine why he called here,’ she told Lena sharply, ‘or what he could have wanted.’ ‘I think he just wanted to see you.MoreLess
‘You’ve had a visitor as well, ever such a nice man. He arrived just as Gavin was leaving and explained that his mother and sister used to billet with you. I was a bit worried about letting him in at first but Gavi...n really took to him so I knew it would be all right,’ Lena informed Bella happily.
Jan. It could only have been Jan who had called, but what on earth for, Bella wondered, her pleasure in the yellow wall fading to be replaced with an edgy defensiveness she hadn’t felt for so long that for a few seconds she didn’t really know just what it was that was making her so cross and anxious.
‘I can’t imagine why he called here,’ she told Lena sharply, ‘or what he could have wanted.’ ‘I think he just wanted to see you.MoreLess
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