The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne

Author:Dominick Dunne
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Reading list I, Fiction
ISBN: 9780307815132
Publisher: Random House LLC
Published: 1985-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

It was a rare family outing: Alice Grenville, Billy and Ann, Diantha and Third. They were sitting in the Grenville box at the Belmont track watching Tailspin. Alice detected, but did not address, the strain she felt between her son and his wife. After the race, and photographs, and congratulations to the jockey and trainer, Ann wandered off to greet friends in the bar, and the children were taken by their nanny to buy hot dogs.

“What’s the matter with Ann?” asked Alice.

“Nothing,” replied her son, waving to the reporters and photographers in a gesture concurrently friendly and dismissive.

“Don’t say ‘nothing’ to me, Billy. I’m your mother.”

“She’s jealous.”

“Of whom?”

“Simonetta.”

“With reason?”

“No.”

The closeness that had once existed between them had never been the same since the night she had refused to sanction his marriage. She sensed his unhappiness now and wanted to reach out to him, but dared not. For an instant their eyes met.

“Marvelous about the race,” she said rather than what she wanted to say, raising her field glasses and watching the track.

“Wasn’t it?” he replied, hollow-voiced.

“I think Tailspin’s going to win the Triple Crown next year.”

“Wouldn’t it be marvelous.”

“I’m proud of you, darling.”

“Thanks, Mère.”

“Your father would have been, too.”

“Do you think?”

“Oh, yes.”

He sounded better. She felt better.

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