To Say Nothing of the Dog
“Verity said, setting out a soup tureen in the shape of a head of lettuce “Mama!”Tossie said, starting up. Terence peered round his paper and then dropped it in a rattling heap.
Mrs. Mering had fallen slantwise across the door, with her head fortunately on the plush seat and her arms flung out to either side.
Terence and I scooped her up and deposited her more or less on the seat, with Tossie fluttering around us.
“O, Mama!” she said, leaning over Mrs. Mering’s inert form. “Wake up!”...
She took off her mother’s hat, which didn’t seem particularly to the point, and began patting her cheek. “O, do wake up, Mama!”
There was no response.
“Speak to me, Mama!” Tossie said, gently patting her cheek. Terence picked up the newspaper he’d dropped and began fanning her with it.
Still no response.
“You’d better go and get Baine,”MoreLess
Mrs. Mering had fallen slantwise across the door, with her head fortunately on the plush seat and her arms flung out to either side.
Terence and I scooped her up and deposited her more or less on the seat, with Tossie fluttering around us.
“O, Mama!” she said, leaning over Mrs. Mering’s inert form. “Wake up!”...
She took off her mother’s hat, which didn’t seem particularly to the point, and began patting her cheek. “O, do wake up, Mama!”
There was no response.
“Speak to me, Mama!” Tossie said, gently patting her cheek. Terence picked up the newspaper he’d dropped and began fanning her with it.
Still no response.
“You’d better go and get Baine,”MoreLess
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