A Week in Winter: A NovelMacmillan, 06 մյս, 2002 թ. - 352 էջ Any reader who has ever fallen in love with a house will understand the attraction of Moorgate, a light-and-fresh-air-filled old farmhouse on the edge of the moor in Cornwall. The enchanting house now belongs to seventy-something Maudie Todhunter, the late Lord Todhunter's free-spirited second wife. (The first wife, Hilda, was supposedly a paragon of virtue, and Maudie has always felt second-best.) The light of Maudie's life is her vivacious stepgranddaughter, Posy, who begs Maudie to board a giant English mastiff whom Posy's mean-spirited mother has banned from the house. (The large and ungainly Polonius is an impossibly lovable canine who outshines Lassie by a mile and is destined to become a favorite of readers worldwide.) |
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Արդյունքներ 91–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... Patrick had been horrified . ' For heaven's sake ! Hector is being scrupulously fair ... " To me ? Or to the girls ? ' Maudie had looked innocently enquiring . ' I meant , well , given the circumstances ... ' Patrick had grappled with ...
... Patrick would make any such sacrifice . The real problem was that Selina might insist that Moorgate should be kept as a place for hol- idays ; that she might try to persuade Patrick that it was their duty to save it . Looking out at the ...
... Patrick . I think Selina is irritated that none of her children looks like her . Odd things , genes . ' Afterwards , when Daphne had returned to Canada , Maudie had felt truly alone - yet , in another way , strangely relieved . During ...
... Patrick who had brought Posy over one Saturday afternoon , whilst Selina and the boys were at a party . He'd dumped her into Maudie's lap and gone off with Hector to look at some painting or book . Posy had lain contentedly , crooning ...
... cloud . No one saw the figure emerge from the darker shadow of the thorn hedge below the house , slip round to the side door and dis- appear inside . CHAPTER FIVE Patrick Stone sat at the kitchen table , A WEEK IN WINTER 39.
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