The Kindness of Women
“You can’t leave them behind!”
With a noisy swoop Sally Mumford lifted Lucy into the air and held the excited six-year-old against her shoulder, while gathering Alice and Henry to the folds of her floor-length dress.
“Sally…” I tried feebly to protest. “They’re too young for a pop concert. And I’m too old.”
“Rubbish! We’re going together. We won’t listen to him, will we?”
“No!” they yelled.
“Right! Coats and scarves, and earplugs for Daddy. I’ll make a picnic for us, if I can find anything in th...at mouldy fridge…”
Sally had taken charge. As always, I watched her with unstinted admiration as she rolled her skirt around her thighs, exposing her long white legs. She squatted, scowling, in front of the open refrigerator. Out came salami, brie, two bottles of white Burgundy.
“Right. That’s us. Now, what do you feed the monsters?”
“Beans on toast and all that jazz.”
“Too much of a fiddle. They can have salami.”
“They hate salami.”
“They’ll love it!MoreLess
With a noisy swoop Sally Mumford lifted Lucy into the air and held the excited six-year-old against her shoulder, while gathering Alice and Henry to the folds of her floor-length dress.
“Sally…” I tried feebly to protest. “They’re too young for a pop concert. And I’m too old.”
“Rubbish! We’re going together. We won’t listen to him, will we?”
“No!” they yelled.
“Right! Coats and scarves, and earplugs for Daddy. I’ll make a picnic for us, if I can find anything in th...at mouldy fridge…”
Sally had taken charge. As always, I watched her with unstinted admiration as she rolled her skirt around her thighs, exposing her long white legs. She squatted, scowling, in front of the open refrigerator. Out came salami, brie, two bottles of white Burgundy.
“Right. That’s us. Now, what do you feed the monsters?”
“Beans on toast and all that jazz.”
“Too much of a fiddle. They can have salami.”
“They hate salami.”
“They’ll love it!MoreLess
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