The Londoners
“She was paralysed by horror; suffocating in it; drowning in it. Carrie had turned against her. What Christina’s first-hand accounts of Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis had failed to do, Danny’s capture by the Italians had succeeded in doing. Just like Mr Nibbs, Miss Helliwell, Hettie, Miriam, Leah and a host of others, Carrie now regarded her as a creature set apart; a person to be avoided; a person symbolic of Germany and, as such, symbolic of the cause of all their suffering.
‘C...arrie!’ she called out after her, her voice strangling in her throat. ‘Carrie!’ Only Rose turned her head, her little face beneath her knitted beret bewildered by both the events that had taken place a little earlier, when the man had knocked at the door with the piece of paper her grandad had referred to as a telegram, and the frightening tension she now sensed and couldn’t understand.
Carrie’s back remained resolutely set against Kate as she continued to walk swiftly up Tranquil Vale, Rose struggling to keep up with her.MoreLess
‘C...arrie!’ she called out after her, her voice strangling in her throat. ‘Carrie!’ Only Rose turned her head, her little face beneath her knitted beret bewildered by both the events that had taken place a little earlier, when the man had knocked at the door with the piece of paper her grandad had referred to as a telegram, and the frightening tension she now sensed and couldn’t understand.
Carrie’s back remained resolutely set against Kate as she continued to walk swiftly up Tranquil Vale, Rose struggling to keep up with her.MoreLess
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