The Courtyard (2011)
“There had been a flurry of snow during the night and an east wind shivered amongst the rhododendron leaves. She could hear the water from the stream, rushing noisily along its rocky bed, quite clearly this morning and the high shoulders of the moor were sparkling white against a blue sky, although thick white clouds massed heavily in the west.
‘And just think, dear Lord,’ said Gussie as she paced, ‘I could have been sitting in one room in a back street in Bristol.’ How clearly she remembered th...ose days; not enough to eat, afraid to turn the heating on, dreading the plop of the letters on the mat – oh! those frightening bills – and the landlady’s discreet tap on the door. Gratitude welled up in her and, being momentarily bereft of words of her own, she cast about for inspiration. ‘“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;” ’ she quoted quietly; how appropriate that verse was from the Sixteenth Psalm, ‘“yea, I have a goodly heritage.” ’ ‘Breakfast’s in.’ Mrs Ridley stood beside her.MoreLess
‘And just think, dear Lord,’ said Gussie as she paced, ‘I could have been sitting in one room in a back street in Bristol.’ How clearly she remembered th...ose days; not enough to eat, afraid to turn the heating on, dreading the plop of the letters on the mat – oh! those frightening bills – and the landlady’s discreet tap on the door. Gratitude welled up in her and, being momentarily bereft of words of her own, she cast about for inspiration. ‘“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;” ’ she quoted quietly; how appropriate that verse was from the Sixteenth Psalm, ‘“yea, I have a goodly heritage.” ’ ‘Breakfast’s in.’ Mrs Ridley stood beside her.MoreLess
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