nathan reached over and picked up a fork that frieda had dropped onto the floor ." this is lovely ." he said quitly ." no need for a fuss ."
jilly sat down and gazed at her plate of stew ." the important things is that we are all togerther ."
"absolutely ," said sam .
on the way back in the car , i mentioned to nathan ," they didn't go to much trouble ."
nathan paid keen attention to his driving ." no fatted calf certainly ." he said lightly enough , but his lips tightened .
on christmas eve , poppy and richard arrived in a rush , their car stacked with luggage and presents . it was rainning hard and poppy stood in the hallway , shaking her wet head , and demanded ." where 's the christmas tree ? it 's always in the hall ." i explained that this yaer , for a change , it was in the sitting room .oh , what a pity ." she flung her coat on a chair and sepwt past me ." dad ? where are you ?" she swooped round to kiss felix ." have you been a good boy ? no ? i thought not . no pressy for you ."
felix raised stricken eyes , and poppy sank to her knees beside him ." darling felix . do't look like that . of course , i've got you a present . a big one ."
"how big ? felix was ( rightly ) suspicious .
poppy sketched an air square ." that big ." felix looked marginally reassured and went off to tell his brother . poppy got gracefully to her feet ." sweet ." she turned to nathan ." we can only stay for half an hour . other wise , we won't get to sam's in time for dinner ."
"oh ,no , said anthan ." i thopught you could stay for a bit .
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