The Morning Gift
“You have tortured it; you will be skinned, pulling it back like that.'But Ruth, in pursuit of a total unobtrusiveness, said that she felt quite comfortable and asked if she could borrow Hilda's raincoat which was black, mannish and in its dotage. With the collar turned up and a beret jammed on her head, she felt certain she could escape Professor Somerville's notice until he wished to acknowledge her, and ignoring her mother, who said that she looked like a streetwalker in an experimental film ...by Pabst, she made her way to college. There she came under attack again. Janet pointed out that it wasn't raining, and Sam asked sadly if her hairstyle was permanent. But if Ruth's appearance was odd, her behaviour was odder.'Are you all right?' asked Pilly as Ruth edged into the lecture theatre like the musk rat Chu Chundra in Kipling's The Jungle Book, who never ventured into the middle of a room.'Yes, I am. Well, I feel a bit sick actually, so I think I'll sit in the back row today in case I have to go out.MoreLess
Read book The Morning Gift for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
10 / 10
10 / 10
User Reviews: