Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden by Janet Todd

Author:Janet Todd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Global Book Sales
Published: 2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

They returned way after dark. Mum was baking again to pass her anxious time. Fran was reading.

‘They were so grateful,’ said Dad, ‘the Keelings all came tumbling out of the farm when they saw the van coming. They pressed tea and cake on us everywhere we went, they were that pleased.’

‘So they should be,’ said Mum wiping her floury hands on her housecoat.

Andrew’s eyes were shining.

The snow went on through the next weeks, but trains were soon running again, with signalmen pouring boiling water over the signals to force them up and down.

Andrew left. Had his mother or a brother phoned, were telephone lines restored? Perhaps he just went because the ‘holiday’ was over. Everyone liked him by now.

‘I couldn’t have done it without that boy,’ said Dad.

‘You could do worse,’ said Mum to Fran.

She’ll get up and ring Johnnie, even if his vowels have changed and the hour is wrong. ‘I love you,’ she’ll say. He’ll pause a moment, then reply, ‘I love you too, Mum.’

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