Winter Song
“She looked at the woman who had been following her. She knew that she was being followed. It distressed her. It was like being followed by a dog. Near the kitchen door she turned round.
‘What is it you want, Mrs Fury?’ ‘I want to see my husband.’ ‘Your husband is asleep.’ ‘You said that this morning,’ the voice was accusing, resentful.
‘You will leave your husband alone. You talk too much. You didn’t go to bed at all last evening, you just sat on his bed talking to him. It’s wearying for him. D...on’t you want him to get better?’ She saw tears come into the woman’s eyes. ‘It’s best that you don’t see him to-day, my dear. In the morning. He wants to be quiet.’ ‘Ah—I was only talking about the old days,’ she said, ‘and where’s the harm in that?’ Her voice broke, she looked appealingly at the Mother Superior, who stood there with folded arms. She was determined not to give in.
‘All them days I spent by myself, and now he’s here, beside me, and I can’t see him.’ ‘If I had decided to do what the doctor originally suggested, your husband would have gone to hospital, and there you would not have been allowed to see him at all.’ ‘But he wants me, I know he wants me.MoreLess
‘What is it you want, Mrs Fury?’ ‘I want to see my husband.’ ‘Your husband is asleep.’ ‘You said that this morning,’ the voice was accusing, resentful.
‘You will leave your husband alone. You talk too much. You didn’t go to bed at all last evening, you just sat on his bed talking to him. It’s wearying for him. D...on’t you want him to get better?’ She saw tears come into the woman’s eyes. ‘It’s best that you don’t see him to-day, my dear. In the morning. He wants to be quiet.’ ‘Ah—I was only talking about the old days,’ she said, ‘and where’s the harm in that?’ Her voice broke, she looked appealingly at the Mother Superior, who stood there with folded arms. She was determined not to give in.
‘All them days I spent by myself, and now he’s here, beside me, and I can’t see him.’ ‘If I had decided to do what the doctor originally suggested, your husband would have gone to hospital, and there you would not have been allowed to see him at all.’ ‘But he wants me, I know he wants me.MoreLess
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