The Act Of Roger Murgatroyd (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
‘Are you all right?’ and ‘You really feel you should have got up so soon?’ and ‘You’ve had a dreadful, dreadful shock, you know – would you like me to have Mrs Varley prepare you a cold compress or a nice cup of camomile tea?’ To all of which Selina offered a series of unexpectedly self-controlled responses, whether it was ‘Yes, Mummy, I’m quite all right’ or ‘Yes, yes, I’m all recovered now’ or ‘No thank you, Mummy, I really don’t need a cold compress. Or a cup of camomile tea.’Don also fussed and fretted around her, cooing, ‘You poor kid! Oh, you poor, poor kid!’ over and over again. But even if his hand ached to establish a consoling contact with her shoulder or tenderly disentangle a stray wisp of hair from one of her pale cheeks, it was again noticeable that it continued to hover a few inches from her without ever daring to settle. In the meantime, making sympathetic tut-tutting noises with his tongue, the Colonel helped shepherd her into the library under the watchful eyes of his guests.
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