And me!’ he added. ‘Juniper is very excited about coming to England. It’s her first visit -she’s always lived in HK, though her brother is at Harrow. I plan to take her up to Scotland and also show her something of London, but all that can be arranged once I’ve seen you and Father.’ Lionel lay ba...
He had wept the long-suppressed tears of four decades, wept for the aircrews whose names he could no longer remember, wept for his dead wife, wept above all for his child. Liz had held him, patted his hand, stroked his hair, kissed his flushed face, murmured and comforted him. ‘Liz,’ he had said ...
But I can only lie in bed for a few moments – long enough to wonder if he will telephone me today – because it’s already after half past seven, and I must launch the children into their week. He didn’t say when we parted that he would ring, but, as I tiptoed out of his room hoping not to wake him...