poppy's hauinted gaze roved restlessly over the ojects in the kitchen ." everything will change , won't it ?'" she glanced at richard ." i woke up this morning , and it seemed fine . then it wasn't , can you afford to stay here ? you won;'t hjave to sell the house ?"
" idon't know . i'll have to find out . i'm still trying to take everything in ."
"sorry ," said poppy. " that was stupid of me ,. unfeeling ."
her frailness was emphasized by the thin wrist that she raised to her forhead ." i'm sure dad will have provided ..."- there was a tiony pause - " for everyone ."
occasionally , very occasionally , during the past seven years . i had wondered if poppy and i could skirt past rose and because friends . everyone benefited from an alliance within the family on which they could call at times when the chips were down . in this case , poppy and i might have achieved something rather wonderful - a transiomation where none had seemed possible .
but we had not .
' where are the boys ? how they are ? at least .... they are so young . maybe it helps if you're that age . maybe you don't feel .... quite .... in the same way . i mean ."
" it's a nice theory ." i said .
richard positioned himself behind his wife and laid a hand on her shoulder . " it wil take time ." he said , in his practical way : " but they need normality . not you weeping over them ."
" that 's not fair ." poppy jerked away from him .
i seized on his lead ." the boys are at school . their break starts on friday . we're trying to keep the routines as usual .
" idon't know . i'll have to find out . i'm still trying to take everything in ."
"sorry ," said poppy. " that was stupid of me ,. unfeeling ."
her frailness was emphasized by the thin wrist that she raised to her forhead ." i'm sure dad will have provided ..."- there was a tiony pause - " for everyone ."
occasionally , very occasionally , during the past seven years . i had wondered if poppy and i could skirt past rose and because friends . everyone benefited from an alliance within the family on which they could call at times when the chips were down . in this case , poppy and i might have achieved something rather wonderful - a transiomation where none had seemed possible .
but we had not .
' where are the boys ? how they are ? at least .... they are so young . maybe it helps if you're that age . maybe you don't feel .... quite .... in the same way . i mean ."
" it's a nice theory ." i said .
richard positioned himself behind his wife and laid a hand on her shoulder . " it wil take time ." he said , in his practical way : " but they need normality . not you weeping over them ."
" that 's not fair ." poppy jerked away from him .
i seized on his lead ." the boys are at school . their break starts on friday . we're trying to keep the routines as usual .
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