Tag: #timon
The Night – Lizzie is trouble
He was trying very hard not to get his hopes up too much but as she said, it looked more likely than it had done in the last few days that they would find Stolid. No! He was trying to live in the present. His skin was warm next to the fire and his stomach…
Still the Hotel
“I followed my employer out there. I thought it would be an adventure,” Gerard laughed. “And I was running away from God. Stupid really, I ended up in his playground. Anyway I didn’t mean to dwell on that. I didn’t mind it while it lasted. At least there seemed to be a point to life.…
The Hotel – and Food
Peter’s eyes didn’t focus suddenly. Instead they closed and then quickly opened. He shook his head and laughed, “I am more tired than a man ought to be with another four or five hours of driving to go. What would you say to the idea of staying here tonight? I don’t want to disappoint you…
Going to Scotland
“Can you carry on bringing everything over? I’ll get inside and try to arrange everything so it doesn’t get damaged on the journey,” Will said as he saw them. They worked quietly and efficiently, aware of Peter’s eyes upon them. After a while he seemed to shake off the thought that was absorbing him and…
Peter is expected
His tone and enthusiasm reassured him that Paris was untainted with the misery of wrongdoing. This relief made him feel unbowed, able to enjoy the view, the meal and the company. “We ought to move everything around the front again when we’ve finished eating,” Will said to Gerard. “Do you think that Peter will be…
Extract 27
“I think I would prefer Timon,” Paris said pursing her lips as if debating the matter internally. “Well, classical names are probably more popular now than they were when I was a boy,” Timonthy mused. “But you see it seemed apt, when Lizzie and I were thinking of names, that we picked something classical too.…
Extract 23
Timonthy felt that hint of irritation again. Gerard was surely playing stupid, avoiding answering any pertinent questions and diverting the conversation where he wanted. Timonthy felt manipulated – a puppet in the hands of his master. It was not completely unpleasant but always he had that internal voice telling him to be careful: not to…
Book 5/Extract 20
“We can sleep in the summerhouse,” Will said, “There are seat cushions in there which will be very comfortable and perhaps you could lend us a couple of blankets.” Timonthy found himself warming to Will. He believed him to be a solid, dependable person, full of common sense and consideration. He was surely a good…
Book 5 Extract 19
He knew he wanted to have sex. He was reasonably clear on that: in spite of the fact that Lizzie and his daughter would be back any minute; that a woman called Elena and a man called Will were around potentially demanding his attention; that he really had no idea whether Gerard was interested; that…