Adam's Peak by Heather Burt

Author:Heather Burt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FIC000000, Montréal (Québec), General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781550026467
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2006-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

The aunt shook her head and began gathering cups and saucers; Isobel said she certainly hoped the troubles would sort themselves out.

Clare wanted to protest, to tell Mr. Vantwest there was no need to apologize. She wanted to tell him that she knew something of his worries, that Adam had told her. Suddenly it was no longer the aunt she wanted to talk to about Adam. She imagined herself instead sitting with Mr. Vantwest in the room off the hallway, each of them unperturbed by silence, indifferent to pleasantries. Little by little, she would reveal the details of her conversation with Adam, and begin to fulfill her obligations to his family.

But such a thing was impossible.

“We should be off, pet,” Isobel said, resting a hand on her daughter’s knee.

Clare’s leg tensed. She kept her eyes on Mr. Vantwest and rose from her seat when he did. But he was looking at Isobel, pressing his palms together.

“You must come again soon,” he said. “Perhaps Mary would treat us to one of her special curries.”

“Yes, yes,” the aunt said. “We must do that soon.”

Isobel agreed, of course, and they all made their way to the front door. With the meaningless exceptions of a thank you and a goodbye, Clare said nothing else. Her mother’s “Do take care,” delivered just before the Vantwests’ door whispered shut behind them, carried a hint of impatience that was obvious to Clare, though she doubted Mr. Vantwest and his sister would have caught it. Isobel was full of her decorating plans, and as they crossed the street, she scolded herself for not having thought to get the painting done before the new carpeting went down.

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