Fairacre 08 - Emily Davis by Read Miss

Author:Read, Miss [Read, Miss]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780897333405
Amazon: 0897333403
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Published: 1971-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Jim Dove often thought of those early married days, as he went about his tasks in the German prisoner-of-war camp. They had been happy enough, for they were young and very much in love. Young Billy arrived within the year, and was an added joy—a good-tempered, healthy baby, with his mother's red hair and his father's cheerful disposition.

It was now that the Doves began to long for more room. Their flat was on the first floor. Their landlady lived below, a hard-bitten widow who resented the necessity of letting part of her home.

Billy's pram was left in her tiny hall with her grudging consent. Billy's napkins and other family washing were allowed to blow on a two-yard line near the garden rubbish heap, screened from sight by a large golden privet bush. Except for the purpose of hanging out the washing, the Dove family was not allowed in the garden.

Peggy Dove bore the restrictions patiently. Times were hard, and she knew that it would be several years before they could hope to move to a house of their own. Meanwhile, she took Billy to the nearby park for his daily outing, and did her best to keep on good terms with the landlady.

Jim Dove fretted far more. When war came, and settled their future for them willy-nilly, he was relieved to know that his wife and son would be settled safely at Springbourne. He knew the Caxley area fairly well, for he and his father had been great cyclists, and had camped many a time on the banks of the Cax, and had pushed their bicycles up the steep flanks of the downs nearby. At sea, and later in the prison camp, he had found comfort in the thought of Peggy and Billy enjoying the countryside he knew so well.

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