One Week in August by One Week in August (retail) (epub)

Author:One Week in August (retail) (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788639149
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2020-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

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Val wondered, too, when she might meet Sam’s parents. She already knew his father, of course, from their occasional meetings at work, but his mother had nothing to do with the mill and no one seemed to know much about her. Sam had hardly mentioned her, but from the little that he had said she had formed the impression that his mother and his brother were two of a kind, regarding themselves as somewhat superior to the ordinary workforce. His father, on the other hand, liked to get to know and befriend his employees.

But it was early days yet, she told herself. She and Sam had known one another only a short while; too soon, maybe, to be formally introduced to the family. She felt sure, though, that Sam wanted to go on seeing her, that he was already regarding her as his steady girlfriend.

They continued to enjoy their outings together as the weeks went by, and by mid-September Val felt as though she had known Sam for ages. As she had told Cissie, she had not realised how lovely the countryside was around Halifax, once you got away from the smoke and grime of the mill chimneys.

One Saturday afternoon they drove to Shipley Glen, then walked along by the canal and the River Aire. They saw the huge mill at Saltaire, and the village that Sir Titus Salt had had built for his workforce, all the streets named after the children in his large family.

‘A Victorian philanthropist,’ said Sam. ‘He really cared about his workers, like my father tries to do, but his scheme was on a much larger scale.’

One Sunday he told her to put on her strongest walking shoes. They drove to Haworth, the home of the Brontë family and, after viewing the Parsonage, they walked across the moors to High Withens, the setting for Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights. Val had to admit that she had never read the book, but decided that she would do so now that she had seen the bleak ruin and the wild moorland landscape. They ended the day with a meal at the Black Bull Inn, the haunt of Bramwell Brontë.

As he said goodnight to her later that evening Sam told her, for the first time, that he loved her. His kisses and embraces thrilled her, but apart from the physical aspect their minds were well attuned, and despite the difference in their backgrounds they found they had much in common.

Her parents liked him very much, and after a few weeks they were quite used to the idea of their daughter keeping company with one of the bosses.

‘Does his father know about it?’ asked Bert Horrocks. ‘He hasn’t mentioned it to me when I’ve seen him around, but then I wouldn’t expect him to.’

‘I’m not sure, Dad,’ said Val. ‘Perhaps it’s rather soon for me to be introduced to the family.

‘I’m sure he’ll do what’s right,’ said her mother. ‘He’s a decent young man, and I can see he’s real fond of you.

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