Fanny s letter arrived quite out of the blue~<br > ". ~ ~ you ll remember this place," it said~ "Those Sund~<br > afternoon drives~ Your father used to ask us where we d lil<br > to go and we d chant in unison, Past Sherringham Hal<br > Your mother scolded us for our morbid curiosity, said<br > ought to go to the Rake, or the beacon, or the nearest state<br > home~ But to get to the lake, or the beacon, or the neare<br > stately home we had to pass Sherr!ngham Hall anywa3<br > Funny, isn t it, when you think back?<br > Prophetic perhaps, but not funny, not funny at all. Lorn<br >turned over the page~<br > "... I d like to see you. Of course, if you feel you can t, I l<br >understand..."<br > Of course.<br > When Charley came in she showed him the letter, asked<br >him point blank: "Shall I go?"<br > "Whatever you hke.<br > Just so long as you don t involve me, was the unspoken<br >rider. He immersed himself in paperwork, switched off his<br >tttention.<br > ,, , ,, .<br > I ll go on Thursday, she said.<br > From the back seat of her father s Bentley all that had been<br >risible of Sherringham Hall was a clock tower, a spire and a<br >himney. The house had been surrounded by trees~ In the<br >tinter there had been the occasional glimpse of late sun<br >linting on a window~ "Barred," Fanny had said, with relish,<br >and all the rooms,padded." "It s changed a ~reat de ."<br >anny had written Or did we o " . . u al<br > ~ my ever Imagine all that?"<br > Probably. At that stage fantasy had played a large part in<br >leir lives: that one day they would play the piano on the<br >age of the Wigmore Hall, win Wimbledon, be desired by<br > 9<br >
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