The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams

Author:Richard Adams
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780394510491
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

discovered was the difference between the wrong notion of sex and the right notion.’

‘Do you think any sin can be forgiven?’ asked Kathe suddenly.

‘Sure,’ said Tony, ‘always provided people can forgive themselves. That’s what’s not generally understood. Selfforgiveness is essential, and it can be very hard to forgive yourself. Sometimes impossible; like Lady Macbeth.’

‘Oh, that’s the trouble with the English; they always start bringing in Shakespeare! What’s a poor German girl to do?’

‘Sorry. I only meant that forgetting’s not forgiving. The thing about Lady Macbeth was that she thought she could put what she’d done out of her mind, but found she couldn’t. Her condemnation came entirely from herself - it didn’t come from anybody else.’

torn, barefoot, came running out on the lawn in his pyjamas, shouting, ‘Look, Mrs Desland, look! I can turn a cartwheel!’ He started, but fell over, narrowly missing a flowerbed.

‘You need some more practice, my lad,’ said Kathe, picking him up.

‘ ‘Bet you can’t, anyway,’ retorted torn cheekily, with a touch of mortification.

Kathe kissed him on both cheeks. ‘You shouldn’t say things like that when I’ve had two mint juleps. Just for that I’m going to show you.’

Thereupon she kicked off her shoes and turned three perfect cartwheels across the grass. Her skirt fell over her head and got caught in her hair, and she stood up, putting herself to rights and laughing as Torn danced delightedly round her, shouting, ‘Mummy! Mummy! Mrs Desland can turn cartwheels!

Come and look!’

‘When you can do a proper one for me, I’ll do you another,’

said Kathe. ‘Come on, I’ll carry you upstairs if you like.’

Torn hung back. ‘Don’t want to.’

‘Good heavens, bed’s the nicest place in the world,’ said Kathe, picking him up for the second time. ‘You must be crazy not to want to go there! Come on, and on the way I’ll 201

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