Kind Hearts And Coronets Page #3
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- 1949
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in that hideous suburban cemetery...
I made an oath that I would revenge
the wrongs her family had done her.
It was no more than
a piece of youthful bravado...
but it was one of those acorns
from which great oaks are destined to grow.
Even then I went so far
as to examine the family tree...
and prune it
tojust the living members.
But what could I do to hurt them?
What could I take from them...
except, perhaps, their lives?
I indulged for a moment
in a fantasy of all 12 of them...
being wiped out simultaneously
at a family reunion...
by my unseen hand...
of the penniless boy from Clapham being
miraculously transplanted to his birthright.
I even speculated
as to how I might contrive it.
But there were
other more urgent problems.
Mama's tiny income came from an annuity
and had died with her.
on 25 shillings a week was solved for me...
by an invitation from Dr. Hallward
to lodge with them.
It was galling to accept the status
of a poor relation...
but the certainty of seeing Sibella every day
was too tempting to be refused.
Louis, I'm so glad you accepted.
It was my idea, you know.
- I've brought you something.
- Oh, Louis, you shouldn't have.
Oh, what a bother. There's Lionel.
See you at supper.
The next few years
brought many such heartbreaks...
but they also brought promotion-
laces and ribbons
at 30 shillings a week...
fabrics at 32 and six.
Finally, ladies'underwear at 35.
I decided that
if I was to be a draper...
a suburban draper.
So I migrated to a large modern store which
hadjust been opened in the West End...
at the gigantic salary
of two pounds a week.
Every lunchtime I went to see
how my inheritance was proceeding.
Sometimes the deaths column
brought good news.
Sometimes
the births column brought bad.
The advent of twin sons to the duke
was a terrible blow.
Fortunately,
an epidemic of diphtheria...
restored the status quo
almost immediately...
and even brought me a bonus
in the shape of the duchess.
That summer
the Hallwards gave a party.
- Good evening, Sibella.
- Hello, Louis.
- You do look nice.
- So do you.
- Doesn't he, Lionel?
- Very.
Emboldened by her kindness to me...
I made a decision
I'd been toying with for some time.
Well, that's the last of them,
thank heaven.
- What an evening.
- I thought it was a very nice evening.
It may have been for you.
having to dance with a lot of dull men...
laugh at their jokes
while they're treading on your feet.
- I didn't tread on your feet.
- You're not dull.
- And your jokes are funny.
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