Flightsend by Linda Newbery

Author:Linda Newbery [Newbery, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9781407044156
Publisher: RHCP
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Landing

Charlie laid out the portraits on the kitchen table to show Kathy, who was impressed.

'They're very good. Especially that one.' She pointed to the portrait of the old man. 'I mean, I've never seen that man but I feel as if I have. He looks as if he's about to open his mouth and speak to me.'

'Yes, I like that one best. Mr Locke – Oliver – is a brilliant teacher. He can always tell you just the right thing when you're stuck.'

'I think the whole Art department is very strong, judging by the results,' her mother said. 'What's the name of that young woman, the head of department? Oh – Lizzie something – Lizzie Pearson. She's supposed to be outstandingly good. And there's that older man, Nigel something, who's had screen-prints exhibited at the Arts Centre.'

Charlie felt unreasonably annoyed by the implication that anyone could be as good as Oliver Locke. Anyway, she hadn't been talking about school. There would be a two-week gap before Oliver next came to Nightingales – next weekend's courses were Butterflies and Moths of Northamptonshire, and Map-Reading for Beginners. She was determined to have something good to show him in a fortnight's time, something she would do on her own. She thought she might do some drawing on the airfield, try to capture its atmosphere of isolation.

Kathy had completed her garden plans for Nightingales and was due to show them to Dan and Fay that afternoon, while Charlie looked after the plant shop. The plans, drawn to scale on squared paper, with a separate plant-list, looked very professional to Charlie, but her mother was anxious. 'I've never done this before – worked properly to scale, or planned in such detail. With my own garden, it's all instinct and guesswork.'

'You should think about it,' Charlie told her. 'Offering a garden design service. You could put an ad in the paper. It's the trendy thing nowadays, isn't it – having someone design your garden?'

'Who'd take me on? I haven't got any qualifications.'

'You could get some.' Charlie, who occasionally browsed through her mother's gardening magazines, had seen short design courses on offer, with diplomas awarded at the end. 'It doesn't really matter what. Just as long as you get letters after your name.'

'I've already got letters,' her mother reminded her. 'BA. And PGCE. Post-Graduate Certificate in Education,' she added in response to Charlie's puzzled look.

'Well, you can use those. Pretend it stands for – wait – Botanical Adviser. Professor of Garden Creativity Extraordinaire.'

Kathy looked sceptical. 'Hmm. Are you taking Caspar out?'

'Yes. Now.' Charlie cleared away her drawings.

She thought she might draw the rusted cross and the long grasses at the foot of the tree, but although she walked confidently to what she thought was the place, she couldn't find it. She couldn't see the cross, or the badger sett. Caspar was no help, more interested in snapping at the brown butterflies that fluttered among the grasses. It couldn't be that difficult; all she had to do was follow the perimeter fence.

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