Where All Things Perish by Tanith Lee

Author:Tanith Lee [Lee, Tanith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Needless to say, when I got back to England late in July, I was at once assailed by feelings of unquiet and guilt, and instantly wrote to Aunt Alice - there had been no letters from her waiting for me, but as a general rule she did not constantly put pen to paper. I asked how she did, and if I might come down and see her.

After a slight delay, I received her reply, which was brief and penned in a careful, rigid style. She said she was in her usual health, and would be glad if I would 'take time to call on her'. I thought the whole tone of her letter sulky, and was peeved that she had not mentioned some presents I had sent her on my travels - for which churlishness may I be forgiven.

For some reason, as I saw to the packing of my bag, I had upon my mind that fragment of Pope's Pastorals, which I had heard the very evening the telegram reached me informing me of my aunt's illness. The gracious verse was in every way unlike the rhyme that had accrued about Amber Hawkins and her murdering spouse, yet now it too lodged fast in my head, and repeated itself over and over. Never came warning in a stranger guise.

The words are well known, of course, but I shall put them down even so, such is their unconscionable significance to me now:

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