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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... later , Maudie could remember the warmth she'd felt at Daphne's brief embrace . There had been a genuine liking , discernible even in such an artificial setting ; a warmth that had thawed Maudie's wariness . ' I like Daphne , ' she'd ...
... later on . Rob Abbot came striding round the corner of the house and she gave a gasp of surprise . She could see that she'd startled him too . He frowned a little - and then came on to- wards her , eyebrows raised , a faint smile ...
... lie , recumbent on the old plaid rug , her book open across her chest , her eyes closed , as Maudie poured iced lemonade from a tall , frosted jug , the sunshine burning her bare arms . Later they would have an 32 MARCIA WILLETT.
A Novel Marcia Willett. burning her bare arms . Later they would have an early sup- per in the huge , cool kitchen ; swimsuits drying on the rack above the old solid - fuel Aga ; Posy , newly scrubbed , drows- ing in her high chair ...
... later on ... Then Philip had died and Daphne had broken the news that she intended to go out to Canada , to make her home with Emily . Now , as moorland gave way to farmland and small vil- lages and the clouds began to clear away ...
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