Hamilton by Catherine Cookson

Author:Catherine Cookson [Cookson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780361048
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I left the stuff on Bill for five days for good measure; then I bathed him, and behold, his skin was clear. And in no time the hair started to grow on it again.

We had both come through a crisis, which had been funny in its way.

Three

Hamilton, I was finding, came and went on my horizon. There were days at a time when I wouldn’t see hilt nor hair of him, and other days when he was jumping about me all over the place. On one of these days the front doorbell rang and I opened it to see George standing there.

‘George! George!’

‘Hallo, hinny.’

I threw my arms about him, and he pressed me to him, then held me away from him, saying now, ‘What’s happened to you? There’s not a pick on your bones.’

‘Come in. Come in. How long are you home for? Oh, it’s good to see you.’ I hung on to his arm as we went into the sitting room, and there he stood in the middle of the room and looked about him. Such was the expression on his face that I didn’t speak for a moment or so.

‘It’s just the same,’ I said.

‘Aye, pet, aye, it’s just the same. But it seems a thousand years ago since I lived in it. In fact, I can’t believe I ever lived here. I suppose it’s the dumps I’ve been in since.’ He punched me gently on the shoulder; then, pulling me towards the couch, he said, ‘Come on, sit down and tell me the story of your life.’

‘I want the story of your life.’

‘Oh’—he pulled a face—‘you’ll hear it from me ma soon enough. She’s up in arms.’

‘Why?’

He turned his head to the side. ‘I’m a naughty lad.’

‘I never knew you to be anything else.’ But my banter died away as I added seriously, ‘You’re not in trouble, I mean, police or …? ‘Oh, no.’ He tossed his head from side to side. ‘Anyway, that’s a small trouble, nothin’ to worry about compared to other troubles I get into.’ He now leant his face close to mine and whispered, ‘Women. Playing the field.’

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