Mary Cassatt painting
"No, I don't. Died in 1928, that's what I mean."
Lucy supposed that 1928 qualified as “before the war" though it was not the way she would have described it herself.
She said: "Well, I expect you'll be wanting to go on with your work. You mustn't let me keep you."
"Ar," said old Hillman without enthusiasm, "not much you can do this time of day. Light's too bad."
Lucy went back to the house, pausing to investigate a likely-looking copse of birch and azalea on her way.
She found Emma Crackenthorpe standing in the hall reading a letter. The afternoon post had just been delivered.
Mary Cassatt painting
My nephew will be here to-morrow – with a school-friend. Alexander's room is the one over the porch. The one next to it will do for James Stoddart-West. They’ll use the bathroom just opposite."
"Yes, Miss Crackenthorpe. I'll see the rooms are prepared."
"They'll arrive in the morning before lunch." She hesitated. "I expect they'll be hungry."
"I bet they will," said Lucy. "Roast beef, do you think? And perhaps treacle tart?"
"Alexander's very fond of treacle tart."
Mary Cassatt painting
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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