The Garden Of Time by J G Ballard

Author:J G Ballard
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-01-15T18:19:07.898000+00:00

Crossing the lake, he and his wife looked down at their reflections in the still, black water. Shielded by the pavilion on one side and the high garden wall on the other, the villa in the distance, Axel felt composed and secure, the plain with its encroaching multitude a nightmare from which he had safely awakened. He put one arm around his wife’s smooth waist and pressed her affectionately to his shoulder, realising that he had not embraced her for several years, though their lives together had been timeless and he could remember as if yesterday when he first brought her to live in the villa.

“Axel,” his wife asked with sudden seriousness. “Before the garden dies … may I pick the last flower?”

Understanding her request, he nodded slowly.

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