“On the maiden voyage! Oh, Oliver how wonderful that would be. But do you think you could get tickets, I’ve heard it’s terribly difficult. Oh, it would be wonderful my darling, do try. Heavens, I’d have to get an awful lot of clothes to buy, it’s going to be the best-dressed ship ever, you know. I’d have to get new luggage too and – yes, Giles, what is it, darling? I’m talking to Daddy, I’ve told you so many times not to interrupt.’Giles was standing in the doorway of the dining-room, the expres...sion on his solemn little face a mixture of determination and anxiety.‘Will you come for a walk in the park?’‘With you? Oh, darling, I can’t, I’m so busy, Nanny will take you, surely she’s going anyway, with the twins and . . .’‘She can’t take us all,’ said Giles, ‘it’s too many children for her to manage. She said so.’‘Well, then Lettie can go too.’‘It’s Lettie’s day off. Please, Mummy, I do want to and it is Saturday—’‘Giles, darling I can’t.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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