Agatha Christie - Ordeal By Inocence by By Inocence (Uc) (Pg) (1958) Or
Author:By Inocence (Uc) (Pg) (1958) Or [Or, By Inocence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE
Never mind. When the war was over heâd go back to Mom. Sheâd be surprised to see how heâd grown.
In the darkness Mitky Argyle expelled his breath in a long hiss.
The war ,as over. Theyâd licked Hitler and Musso â¦. Some of the children were going back. Soon, now â¦. And then She had come back from London and had said that he was going to stay at Sunny Point and be her own little boy â¦.
He had said: âWhereâs my Mom? Did a bomb get her ?â
If she had been killed by a bombâwell, that would be not too bad. It happened to boysâ mothers.
But Mrs. Argyle said âNo,â she hadnât been killed. But she had some rather difficult work to do and couldnât look after a child very wellâthat sort of thing, anyway; soft soap, meaning nothing â¦. His Mom didnât love him, didnât want him backâheâd got to stay here, for ever â¦.
Heâd sneaked round after that, trying to overhear conversations, and at last he did hear something, just a fragment between Mrs. Argyle and her husband. âOnly too pleased to get rid of himâabsolutely indifferent and something about a hundred pounds. So then he knew âhis mother had sold him for a hundred pounds â¦.
The humiliationâthe painâheâd never got over it â¦. And She had bought him! He saw her, vaguely, as embodied Power, someone against whom he, in his puny strength, was helpless. But heâd grow up, heâd be strong one day, a man. And then heâd kill her â¦.
He felt better once heâd made that resolution.
Later, when he went away to school, things were not so bad. But he hated the holidaysâbecause of Her. Arranging everything, planning, giving him all sorts of
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