The Blind Miller by Catherine Cookson

Author:Catherine Cookson [Cookson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780360263
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

‘Nor did I.’ Sarah shook her head. No, she never had thought Dan would get over it. His cold had resulted in double pneumonia and he had at one point seemed almost sure to die.

‘Oh!’ The cup wobbled in the saucer as Mary Hetherington brought herself upwards in the chair and, leaning towards Sarah, said, ‘I’m awfully sorry, I forgot to tell you. I hope it isn’t important, but your father called round this morning to see you. It was when you were out.’

‘Me—my father!’ Sarah screwed her face up in disbelief. ‘My father called here?’ Her lips were spread wide from her teeth.

‘Yes.’ Mary Hetherington’s voice was soft. ‘And he was very nice and civil. He asked if you were in and I told him you had gone out shopping for me. He said he was very sorry to hear about my brother. He asked if he could do anything.’

‘My father!’

‘Yes, your father. Now you mustn’t be vindictive.’ Mary Hetherington’s Christianity was to the fore at the moment. ‘Although I’d be the last person to tell you to encourage him, you mustn’t bear malice or bitterness. It’s never worth it. As I said, he was very civil and he looked very clean and tidy.’

‘Did he say what he wanted?’

‘No, no, he didn’t say.’

‘Perhaps my mother isn’t very well?’

‘I shouldn’t think so. He said he called at the back door one or twice last week but got not reply; he wondered if you were all right.’

Again Sarah’s face screwed up, but she said nothing this time. Her father calling on her? What was he after? Likely on the cadge. He was having to stump up his dole now that her mother hadn’t got Phyllis’ and her own money coming in. Yet he was no fool was her father, he knew the feeling that existed between them. He had never asked her for any money in his life, he had just taken it—that is, everything he could get his hands on. But was it likely that he would come cadging from her now? She couldn’t understand it. Still, she would likely know what he was after when he turned up again. She said now, ‘I’ll take the washing round and put it in soak while there’s still light.’

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