The Town in Bloom (2012)
“And though she, Molly and I always exchanged words over the cubicle tops while we had breakfast, the words had become fewer. We weren’t at all unfriendly but it seemed that none of us welcomed questions or wanted to volunteer information.
The day after Zelle kept me up so late I fell asleep after breakfast and woke only in time to get down for lunch. Molly and Lilian were out. I wondered if Lilian would be spending the afternoon at the flat. Then I tried to get my mind off that subject; but... even if I had been able to, it would have been brought back to it in the evening, by a talk I had with Eve Lester.
She had been out of the office settling some problem in the dress-circle bar. When she came back she said: ‘I’d better tell you – before you pick up some gossip; the whole theatre’s buzzing with it. But perhaps you know already. I mean about Lilian and Mr Crossway.’ I said I did know and she asked me how. ‘Brice promised not to tell you.MoreLess
The day after Zelle kept me up so late I fell asleep after breakfast and woke only in time to get down for lunch. Molly and Lilian were out. I wondered if Lilian would be spending the afternoon at the flat. Then I tried to get my mind off that subject; but... even if I had been able to, it would have been brought back to it in the evening, by a talk I had with Eve Lester.
She had been out of the office settling some problem in the dress-circle bar. When she came back she said: ‘I’d better tell you – before you pick up some gossip; the whole theatre’s buzzing with it. But perhaps you know already. I mean about Lilian and Mr Crossway.’ I said I did know and she asked me how. ‘Brice promised not to tell you.MoreLess
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