Burnt Offerings (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) - Plot & Excerpts
Aunt Elizabeth, who was seventy-four, said that Friday was her poker night. Then what about Thursday? Art class, and Wednesday was out – she was going to the theatre. Aunt Elizabeth told Marian not to worry, she could easily wheel her shopping cart the three blocks to the A & P, but Marian, who like Ben assumed that a seventy-four-year-old woman living alone must be helpless, insisted, and so they settled on Friday afternoon when Ben usually got home earlier. Aunt Elizabeth, although she didn’t mention it, would have to cancel her three o’clock appointment at the beauty parlor. Much of Ben’s reluctance to leave the city for any length of time was based, Marian knew, on Aunt Elizabeth’s supposed dependence on him. She was Ben’s only living relative, his father’s sister; bright, witty and good-natured, he was devoted to her. Although she lived fairly nearby, they saw her infrequently; her schedule always seemed to be booked solid. But at least he was there if she needed him, which, surprisingly, she did that morning – her air conditioner had broken down.
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