The Man in the Wooden Hat
“It was at Amy’s command.
“Have you room for me?”
“Yes. There’s a camp bed. And don’t be grateful, you’ll be very useful. Take the baby—no, not that way. Now, stick the bottle in her mouth—go on. Right up to the edge. She won’t choke, she’ll go to sleep and we can talk before Nick comes in.”
The other children were already asleep. Mrs. Baxter must at some point have been taken up to her barbed-wire fortress. The Buddhists were practising silence on the floor below.
“Now then,” said Amy. “Date of... wedding?”
“Edward’s arranging everything. The licence. I expect I’ll have to be there at some point for identification. In case he should turn up with someone different.”
“You’re being flippant.”
“Not that he’d probably notice.”
“Now you’re being cheap. Seriously, Elisabeth Macintosh—is it on? It is a Sacrament in the Christian Church.”
“I’m being told yes from somewhere. Probably only by my rational self. There’s no way I will say no, yet I don’t quite know why.MoreLess
“Have you room for me?”
“Yes. There’s a camp bed. And don’t be grateful, you’ll be very useful. Take the baby—no, not that way. Now, stick the bottle in her mouth—go on. Right up to the edge. She won’t choke, she’ll go to sleep and we can talk before Nick comes in.”
The other children were already asleep. Mrs. Baxter must at some point have been taken up to her barbed-wire fortress. The Buddhists were practising silence on the floor below.
“Now then,” said Amy. “Date of... wedding?”
“Edward’s arranging everything. The licence. I expect I’ll have to be there at some point for identification. In case he should turn up with someone different.”
“You’re being flippant.”
“Not that he’d probably notice.”
“Now you’re being cheap. Seriously, Elisabeth Macintosh—is it on? It is a Sacrament in the Christian Church.”
“I’m being told yes from somewhere. Probably only by my rational self. There’s no way I will say no, yet I don’t quite know why.MoreLess
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