The Glass Castle by Violet Winspear

Author:Violet Winspear [Winspear, Violet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-07-29T13:51:07+00:00

‘But all young people are romantic, whether they know it or not. I expect that when you were a schoolgirl you used to imagine that the ogre had a fair captive locked up in the Glass Castle—up in that sea-tower, shall we say? Crying out for the help that never came because her cry was always carried away by the four winds?’

‘Now it’s you who is being—romantic.’ Heron shook out her napkin, which had been folded into the shape of a water-lily and she busied herself placing the spotless linen square on the lap of her dress.

‘Well, I’m only human, Heron, and I can have my fancies just like any other man.’ A smile moved on his mouth, but his eyes in the candlelight were enigmatic as they dwelt on her face, which the candles seemed to caress with their golden flames, mingling in her hair and her eyes, which had assumed the violet-grey colour of her georgette dress. She looked touchingly young, though she knew it not; slim and untouched as she faced the man whose scarred cheek revealed his knowledge of life’s dangers.

Chandra entered the room carrying a silver tray which he brought to the table. A dish of oysters was placed on the table, crumbed and fried golden-brown. Then came a dish of rice garnished with crabmeat, a small bowl of cooked mushrooms, and another of cooked chestnuts, rounded off with a dish of large buttered prawns. The aroma of it all was as enticing as the look of it, and Heron didn’t need to be told twice to tuck in and please Vanda by emptying all the dishes.

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