The Dwelling Place by Catherine Cookson

Author:Catherine Cookson [Cookson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780360416
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

‘The ladies with wings are called angels, and they are in heaven. You know where heaven is?’ He turned about and pointed towards a long window set deeply within the stone wall. ‘Heaven is up in the sky where God is; you know that, don’t you?’

‘Yes, Grandpapa.’

‘You remember when your little dog died and was put in a box?’

‘Yes, Grandpapa.’

‘Well, your mama died like that once, and now she is in heaven with those angels.’ He pointed upwards again, and the child, his head back on his shoulders, his dark brown eyes wide, gazed at the picture of Christ’s ascension into heaven, then he drew in a deep breath before letting it out on a sigh and asked quietly, ‘Won’t I ever be able to see her. Grandpapa?’

‘No, Richard, because she’s in the sky in the House of God and you can’t go there until you die, and you won’t die for a long, long time. Now’—he jerked gently on the child’s hand and brought his attention to him—‘it is eleven o’clock; you will have your milk and then we will go for a drive.’

His Lordship turned his head slightly to the side and made a small motion with it, and the young nurse who had been standing at the far end of the gallery, having followed her master and the child, which was her duty, came hurrying forward and His Lordship, without looking at her, said, ‘Have Master Richard dressed for a drive by half past eleven.’

‘Oh, Grandpapa, are we going to see the ships?’ the child cried, and His Lordship answered, ‘Yes, if you would like that. Run along now.’

As he went to go through the doorway Hatton met him. He had a long envelope in his hand, and as he held it out he said, ‘This came by special messenger from Newcastle, m’Lord.’

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