The Daughter of Time (2010)
The Daughter of Time
“He listened to the twentieth century sparrows on his window-sill and marvelled that he should be reading phrases that formed in a man's mind more than four hundred years ago. What a fantastic idea it would have seemed to Richard that anyone would be reading that short, intimate letter about Shore's wife, and wondering about him, four hundred years afterwards.
'There's a letter for you, now isn't that nice,' The Amazon said, coming in with his two pieces of bread-and-butter and a rock bun.
... Grant took his eyes from the uncompromising healthiness of the rock bun and saw that the letter was from Laura.
He opened it with pleasure.
Dear Alan (said Laura) Nothing (repeat: nothing) would surprise me about history. Scotland has large monuments to two women martyrs drowned for their faith, in spite of the fact that they weren't drowned at all and neither was a martyr anyway. They were convicted of treason – fifth column work for the projected invasion from Holland, I think.MoreLess
'There's a letter for you, now isn't that nice,' The Amazon said, coming in with his two pieces of bread-and-butter and a rock bun.
... Grant took his eyes from the uncompromising healthiness of the rock bun and saw that the letter was from Laura.
He opened it with pleasure.
Dear Alan (said Laura) Nothing (repeat: nothing) would surprise me about history. Scotland has large monuments to two women martyrs drowned for their faith, in spite of the fact that they weren't drowned at all and neither was a martyr anyway. They were convicted of treason – fifth column work for the projected invasion from Holland, I think.MoreLess
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