Mary Ann and Bill by Catherine Cookson

Author:Catherine Cookson [Cookson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780360829
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

She had written, and written, and rewritten three five-hundred-word snippets about Bill, supposedly his outlook on life, and last Monday she had sent them to the editor of the Newcastle Courier. Now the sight of the postman coming along the road would drive her down the stairs to meet him at the door, but here it was Friday and she had received no reply, not even an acknowledgement. But then, she hadn’t received the stuff back either, so perhaps no news was good news …

Corny’s life over the last three weeks had been one of irritation. First in his mind was the fact that Mary Ann was playing up. She was up to something, he could tell. He only hoped to God it wasn’t anything against Diana Blenkinsop, but knowing to what limits she had gone to put things right for her father, one such effort, incidentally, resulting in him losing one hand, he was more than a little worried as to what lengths she would go with regards to himself. And then there was Jimmy. For two pins he would give him the sack, but where would he get another like him? Jimmy could turn a car inside out. He was a good worker; give him a job and he stuck at it until it was finished, but the quality didn’t make up for being light-fingered. Two ten shilling notes had gone from the till this week. The second one he had marked, but when later he had asked Jimmy if he had change for a pound note on him, and Jimmy had given him a ten shilling note and ten shillings worth of silver, it hadn’t been the marked note. He was cute was Jimmy; and that was the worst type of thief, a cute one.

And then there was Mr Blenkinsop. He had come into the garage yesterday and looked around for quite a while before he said, ‘You all right, Corny?’ and he’d replied, ‘Yes, I’m all right. What makes you think I’m not?’

‘The little lady all right, Mary Ann?’

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