A Passionate Man by Joanna Trollope

Author:Joanna Trollope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Transworld
Published: 1991-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

Two days before the New Year, Sir Andrew and Marina came home. They had a horrible flight, they said, delayed and rough, and Sir Andrew was feeling a bit battered by it, but all they needed was a good night’s sleep and they would be down, as planned, on New Year’s Eve.

Archie was on duty throughout the New Year. When Liza had suggested asking his father and Marina, he had said do, yes, do, with unexceptionable enthusiasm, but of course I shall be in and out a lot. That did not seem to Liza to matter. Indeed, it might be easier to have only his intermittent presence for the first staying visit. She, on the other hand, was excited about it. She and Sally cleaned the spare room, and she put on new white linen pillowcases and sheets with embroidered hems. She made lists of meals and, as she did it, imagined how warm Marina would be in her praise of them.

Early on the morning of New Year’s Eve, the telephone rang. Liza, thinking it would be a patient, picked it up preparing to say that Dr Logan was already at the health centre.

‘Liza—’

‘Marina!’

‘My dear,’ Marina said. ‘Liza. I’ve called – I’m so sorry, but I’ve called—’

Her voice sounded light and faint.

‘Marina,’ Liza said, alarmed. ‘What is it, what has happened?’

‘Forgive me. It’s a little difficult. One moment—’

There was a pause.

Then Marina said, ‘Liza. Dear, I’m afraid I have to tell you that Andrew is dead.’

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