The Slaves of Solitude
“You would have thought that after their big Christmas meal they would call it a day. But they didn’t. It was carried on all through Boxing Day. And on the evening of Boxing Day the Lieutenant came to see her in her room!
After that Christmas lunch there had been a brief period of calm, for the Lieutenant had vanished. But he was back again at a quarter to six, with another bottle of whisky, in the Lounge. At least Miss Roach afterwards heard that he had brought a bottle of whisky – she hers...elf was up in her bedroom when he arrived. She had heard noises from below, and, roughly realising what was happening and might happen, had decided to dodge it by going out for a long walk. On the way downstairs, passing the Lounge, she had heard all the noises of a Lieutenant entertaining others with a bottle of whisky.
She took care not to return until five minutes after dinner-time, and on entering the dining-room she found (what she had hoped to find) that the Lieutenant and Vicki had gone out to dinner.MoreLess
After that Christmas lunch there had been a brief period of calm, for the Lieutenant had vanished. But he was back again at a quarter to six, with another bottle of whisky, in the Lounge. At least Miss Roach afterwards heard that he had brought a bottle of whisky – she hers...elf was up in her bedroom when he arrived. She had heard noises from below, and, roughly realising what was happening and might happen, had decided to dodge it by going out for a long walk. On the way downstairs, passing the Lounge, she had heard all the noises of a Lieutenant entertaining others with a bottle of whisky.
She took care not to return until five minutes after dinner-time, and on entering the dining-room she found (what she had hoped to find) that the Lieutenant and Vicki had gone out to dinner.MoreLess
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