Less Happier Lands by Annette De Burgh

Author:Annette De Burgh [De Burgh, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: www.FWWPublishing.co.uk
Published: 2013-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

4 Kine Road

(Off Station Road)

Canterbury

Monday, 14th August 1972

My dearest Sam,

If thou remember'st not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run into, Thou has not loved…

Yes, it was a lovely weekend, and the monstrous bed was not so monstrous after all, in fact it was anything but!

I am home now and thinking of our talk, so in depth, so many problems to overcome and the greatest perhaps our own acceptance of each other as we are. I am glad you told me about Victoria and how wonderful Patricia has been in looking after her.

I have now found strength in your strength, and conviction through your convictions. I have renewed my love through your love, and yes, I pledge my life with you. For trust is the greatest strength we have. I will tell Graeme that I am leaving him, nothing more - there can be nothing more. Do I feel a trifle mean? Yes, I do, for he has been good to me. Will I tell him I am leaving him for you? No, just that I need to stretch my wings and fly. Indeed he would not wish to know, the hurt to his male pride that I have love and fulfilment with a female would devastate him. I will just hand in my notice at Saint Bride's - the wheels will be in motion.

Am I frightened? Yes! For I do not know what lies ahead. Am I hopeful? Yes! For I have found a hidden strength I did not know I possessed. We will cope with prejudice together, of course. A cottage in the country you once said to me - I remember! But village life is side-glances and gossip - can we cope?

So many thoughts are flitting through my mind, as I write, not least Victoria. I know your worry that somehow her father may learn of the birth and contact you. No of course you cannot abandon her to the life or the man you have described. She is part of you and for that I can and will love her. What is more binding than a child? Darling, I know you wish to go to Oxford and if you will let me, I will be a mother to Victoria, loving and looking after her as if she were mine. I will accept responsibility as a single-mother. I know there can be no official adoption for that would again create more problems than it would solve. But I will, if you agree, adopt her. It will be a binding relationship - you will be her natural mother and I her accepted mother. Dare I say a family!

Oh, I look forward to our meeting, our plans of a life together.

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