A Week in Winter: A NovelMacmillan, 2002 M05 6 - 352 páginas Any reader who has ever fallen in love with a house will understand the attraction of Moorgate, a light-and-fresh-air-filled old farmhouse on the edge of the moor in Cornwall. The enchanting house now belongs to seventy-something Maudie Todhunter, the late Lord Todhunter's free-spirited second wife. (The first wife, Hilda, was supposedly a paragon of virtue, and Maudie has always felt second-best.) The light of Maudie's life is her vivacious stepgranddaughter, Posy, who begs Maudie to board a giant English mastiff whom Posy's mean-spirited mother has banned from the house. (The large and ungainly Polonius is an impossibly lovable canine who outshines Lassie by a mile and is destined to become a favorite of readers worldwide.) |
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... sudden gust of cold wind came snaking over the moors . He bent his head against it , still trying to remember the next lines . A handful of chill rain made him blink and he began to hurry , the verse forgotten , his mind now on supper ...
... sudden jet of hot water , splashing against the back of a spoon , sprayed Maudie's jersey and she cursed sharply , turning off the tap . How foolish , how utterly pointless it was , to feel such antagonism against a woman who had been ...
... suddenly , noisily , into the damp air , and the faint clopping of hoofs penetrated the silence . Maudie looked with approval at the sturdy cob which now appeared round the bend in the lane . Its rider raised his crop to his hat and ...
... suddenly felt all the melancholy of the season . She knew that she was , once again , to be cast in the role of wicked stepmother . Pa- tricia and Simon , happily settled in Australia , would receive letters and telephone calls ...
... suddenly ap- peared , Patrick behind him . ' I'll look after Posy , won't I , my poppet ? ' ' No , ' Maudie had insisted , holding on firmly . ' I'm look- ing after Posy . You make the tea ' - and so it had started . Maudie stretched ...
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