the table had already been laid with a full complement of china , glass , and nakins by linda , the aui pair . one of paige 's nostrums , one of many to which i helped myself , was that children shoukld be made to eat properly at the table with adults .
"does martin get home in time ? i asked .
paige sighed . " what do you think ?
a big , blond child , jackson , bounded into the kitchen , " mum , where have you been ?"
the effect was of an electric swithch being tripped . paige jerked out of her torpor ." darling . how was your day ? say hallo to mrs . lloyd ."
jackson was full of her news ." gues , mummy ....." but he could not wait for paige to run through the options . " i came in second in the spelling test ."
even i knew my duty ." that 's wonderful , jackson ."
paige cupped her son's chin in her hand ." only second . darling ." so gentle she sounded , and so inexorable ." what went wrong ?"
i drove back from paige's , parked . nad let myself into the house . all over the country parents were hurrying home to scoop up their offspring . parents were who , laden with briefcases and last-minute shopping . kicked open the front door and cried . i'm home . that species of parent sank gratefully into a welter of flesh , warmth , and children's muddle , and ambition was laid aside as they embraced their children .
according to the list in the kitchen , the twins were at millie rowe's for tea . i checked the post , which included a volume of poems by the feminist poet ellen black , whom i had schmoozed at a party . it was entitle origin of a new species .
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