There'll Be Blue Skies
“It took a moment to realise she was in Cliffehaven, and that it was the murmur of the sea and the screech of gulls she could hear. Then the memory of the previous night returned and she hurried out of bed to check the mattress.
The gas fire had gone out, the meter was empty, but the mattress had dried sufficiently, and there was only a small stain in the middle which she hoped Mrs Reilly wouldn’t notice if she put it back upside down. The pyjama trousers had dried well above the fire, but the s...heets were still slightly damp. With a deep sigh of relief, Sally took the sheets from the wardrobe doors, and dragged the mattress away from the hearth.
It was almost seven, so while Ernie slept on, Sally dressed quickly in the skirt and sweater she’d worn the day before. She didn’t possess such finery as stockings, not even the thick lisle ones, so she pulled on knitted ankle socks and slipped her feet into the sturdy lace-up shoes. Running a brush through her tangle of fair curls, she attempted to keep them in order with two plastic combs firmly planted either side of her middle parting.MoreLess
The gas fire had gone out, the meter was empty, but the mattress had dried sufficiently, and there was only a small stain in the middle which she hoped Mrs Reilly wouldn’t notice if she put it back upside down. The pyjama trousers had dried well above the fire, but the s...heets were still slightly damp. With a deep sigh of relief, Sally took the sheets from the wardrobe doors, and dragged the mattress away from the hearth.
It was almost seven, so while Ernie slept on, Sally dressed quickly in the skirt and sweater she’d worn the day before. She didn’t possess such finery as stockings, not even the thick lisle ones, so she pulled on knitted ankle socks and slipped her feet into the sturdy lace-up shoes. Running a brush through her tangle of fair curls, she attempted to keep them in order with two plastic combs firmly planted either side of her middle parting.MoreLess
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