Nella Last's Peace by Patricia Malcolmson

Author:Patricia Malcolmson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2009-07-14T04:00:00+00:00

Almost every day this month was a struggle – a struggle to keep warm (often not possible), to prepare food, to keep the pipes from freezing, to get out and about (Nella was housebound most of the time). People’s spirits were low, their energy was sapped and physical complaints were commonplace.

Wednesday, 26 February. It was a very wild night and I heard the heavy swish of snow, but I wasn’t prepared to see it as high as the front palings. I always bring in the garden spade and the stiff brush I use for the paths if it looks like snow, so my husband dug himself out to the middle of the road where it wasn’t so bad and then got a bus to work. The snow plough had been out all night so men could get to work all right. I was surprised when Mrs Salisbury arrived, all bundled up in scarves and a big coat. I said ‘I hardly expected you this morning.’ She scowled from under her ragged scarf and said, ‘I nearly didn’t set off and then I thought, “She’ll only try and shift this bloody snow and make herself bad” and I thought how good you always were to me’, and she grabbed the spade and brush and went snow clearing. I went on working inside and she stayed for lunch before going on to another place.

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