A Week in Winter: A NovelMacmillan, 06.05.2002 - 352 Seiten 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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... he'd walked these paths for years , during holidays and half terms , and could remem- ber when the cream - washed walls had been bare granite and the yard full of cows . He'd heard the voices of children as they'd clambered on the swing ...
... he'd appealed to her at once . He'd looked over Moor- gate , making notes , cracking jokes , telling her that he'd given up his engineering job in London after promotion had made him more of an administrator than an engineer ...
... He'd encouraged her to visit two other properties he'd renovated and she was privately im- pressed . He'd grinned at her . ' Wait and see . When I've finished you won't want to sell her . ' " Then you won't get paid , ' she'd answered ...
... He'd smile repentantly . ' Withdrawal symptoms , ' he'd say . ' Give me a day or two ... ' But he'd never been able to hide his pleasure and anticipation as the day for their return to London drew near . Maudie took the tray into the ...
... he'd admitted , just once or twice , after af- ternoons of love , or an extra brandy after a particularly good dinner party , ' I have to admit that it's rather nice not to be worrying about the girls all the time . If Hilda had a fault ...
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