Within That Room! (2012)
“Fortunately the weather was still good. It was warm and windless with a soft June sky from which the daylight was commencing to fade.
Lugging her traveling case, Vera asked the stationmaster, “Any chance of a conveyance of some sort?”
“’Fraid not, miss. Joe knocks off at seven.”
“You don’t mean to tell me there’s only one conveyance?”
“Just the ’ack, miss, that’s all. This ain’t a big place.”
“You’re telling me. But surely there’s something? I’m tired. I’ve come all the way ...from Manchester today.”
The man considered. “It depends, sort of, on ’ow far you be wantin’ to go.”
“To Sunny Acres, wherever that is.”
The man stared at her fixedly. “Sunny Acres? You’re goin’ there? You won’t get nobody to take you, miss. An’ I’m sorry for you.”MoreLess
Lugging her traveling case, Vera asked the stationmaster, “Any chance of a conveyance of some sort?”
“’Fraid not, miss. Joe knocks off at seven.”
“You don’t mean to tell me there’s only one conveyance?”
“Just the ’ack, miss, that’s all. This ain’t a big place.”
“You’re telling me. But surely there’s something? I’m tired. I’ve come all the way ...from Manchester today.”
The man considered. “It depends, sort of, on ’ow far you be wantin’ to go.”
“To Sunny Acres, wherever that is.”
The man stared at her fixedly. “Sunny Acres? You’re goin’ there? You won’t get nobody to take you, miss. An’ I’m sorry for you.”MoreLess
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