The Mallen Streak by Catherine Cookson

Author:Catherine Cookson [Cookson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780361017
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

There was another thing that was worrying her, she did not know whether she would like living in the farmhouse; it wasn’t that she disliked his mother and father, nor that they disliked her, but there was a restraint in their manner towards her. They acted more like servants might be expected to do and this made her uneasy. The one comforting thought was that Matthew would be there. She got on well with Matthew, she liked Matthew, she had always liked him, he seemed to belong to another world altogether from that which had bred Donald. He was more refined, gentle. She had never teased Matthew as she had teased Donald, which was strange when she came to think of it; perhaps because Matthew had talked little and had been rather shy. He was still shy.

They had walked in silence for some time, and she didn’t like long silences, and now she reverted to their previous topic and said, ‘I thought Matthew was looking very well today.’

‘He’s well enough considering, an’ if he sticks to the horse and doesn’t walk too much he’ll be better. If I don’t keep me eye on him he’s off up the hills with a book; he’ll be blind afore he dies, I’ve told him that. Had things been different from what they are with him he would have made a good schoolteacher; he’s learned, you know.’ He had turned his head towards her and there was a note of pride in his voice as if he were speaking of a son, and she nodded and said, ‘Yes, yes; I think he is.’

‘Think!’ he repeated. ‘Be sure of it; he never goes into Hexham or Allendale but he borrows a book. That reminds me. I’ve got to go to the sales next Friday an’ that’s when you were coming over to meet Uncle and Aunt, so Matthew’ll come for you early on. He’ll bring Ned along; Ned’s back’s as broad as an inglenook, and you couldn’t fall off him if you tried.’

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