The Summer Before The War (2016) - Plot & Excerpts
Turber. “It is so hard to have influenza in the house, Mrs. Turber,” she said, on the doorstep, where the neighbors might hear her. She presented the landlady with a large, beribboned box of dainty marzipan confections. “My husband sent these especially for you from London.” Mrs. Turber could only open her mouth silently, like a carp, for surely in accepting the box, she must in all politeness swallow the grand lie with which it was offered. “Dr. Lawton says she is doing much better,” said Beatrice as Agatha swept in at the door. “She usually sleeps in the afternoon, but I can go and wake her?” “Lady Emily says they all miss Celeste’s piano playing at the hospital, but of course she is to concentrate on getting better,” said Agatha, still pursuing Mrs. Turber’s complete domination. “Don’t disturb the patient on my account,” she added. “I just need a word with Miss Nash on one or two matters.” Shutting the parlor door on Mrs. Turber, Agatha moved to the window and stood, slowly stripping off her driving gloves.
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