The Right Kind of Girl by Betty Neels

Author:Betty Neels [Betty Neels]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408983133
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Sir Paul, already on his way back from Edinburgh, had turned off the main road to pay a visit to his mother and father, and, as he always did, gave a smile of content as he took the Rolls between the gateposts and along the short drive which led to their home—an old manorhouse built of Cotswold stone, mellow with age and surrounded by a large, rambling garden which even at the bleakest time of year looked charming.

One day it would be his, but not for many years yet he hoped, catching sight of his father pottering in one of the flowerbeds. He drew up before the door, got out and went to meet him and together they walked to the house, going in through the garden door. ‘My dirty boots, Paul; your mother will turn on me if I go in through the front door.’

They both laughed. His mother, to the best of his knowledge, had never turned on anyone in her life. She came to meet them now. Of middle height, rather stout and with a sweet face framed by grey hair stylishly dressed, she looked delighted to see him.

‘Paul—’ she lifted her face for his kiss ‘—how lovely to see you. Are you back at work again? Going somewhere or coming back?’

‘Coming back. I can’t stay, my dear, I need to get home—but may I come next weekend and bring the girl I’m going to marry to meet you both?’

‘Marry? Paul—is it anyone we know?’

‘No, I think not She has lived at Buckfastleigh all her life except for her time at boarding-school. Her mother died recently. I hope—I think you will like her.’

‘Pretty?’ asked his mother.

‘No—at least, she has a face you can talk to—peaceful—and she listens. Her eyes are lovely and she is also sensible and matter-of-fact.’

He didn’t look like a man in love, reflected his mother. On the other hand, he was of an age to lose his heart for the rest of his life and beyond; she only hoped that she was the right girl. He had from time to time over the years brought girls to his parents’ home and she hadn’t liked any of them. They had all been as pretty as pictures, but he hadn’t been in love with any of them.

‘This is wonderful news, Paul, and we will make her very welcome. Come for lunch on Saturday. Can you stay until Monday morning?’

‘I’ve a teaching round in the afternoon. If we leave soon after breakfast. I can take Emma home first.’

‘Emma—that’s a pretty and old-fashioned name.’

He smiled. ‘She’s rather an old-fashioned girl.’

Watching him drive away presently, his mother said, ‘Do you suppose it will be all right, Peter?’

‘My dear, Paul is forty years old. He hasn’t married sooner because he hadn’t found the right girl. Now he has.’

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