The Song Of Hartgrove Hall (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
Clara and Ralph no longer had to tear around, taking Katy and Annabel to and from school while shuttling Robin up to London for his piano lessons. The only one who was not thrilled at the respite was Robin. His lessons were reduced to once a fortnight during August, an outrage he could barely endure. As a sop he was allowed to come to the Hall to play the piano as often as he wanted. Consequently, we spent most of the summer together as somewhat unlikely playfellows. I was troubled that he appeared to have almost no friends. Flattering as it was, a fellow of seventy-odd is no companion for a six-year-old. Even though I spent much of my time as a boy hankering after music, plotting how I could slope away and bash out a tune on the decrepit piano or listen to a concert on the wireless on the sly, mostly my proclivity was frustrated. Consequently my summers were spent pinching apples, attempting to drown my brothers in the lake, being drowned in turn and, one notable holiday, watching circus elephants bathing in the Stour at dawn.
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