[MaC] Around the Bar

[Brenda McCartney]

--- Jade <jadethe2nd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Brenda McCartney <windeaglebjm at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > 
> > --- Mrfury28 at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Then she turned to Hodges. "Could I get a large
> > brandy?" she asked.
> > > She 
> > > smiled at the other guests in the bar area and was
> > dismayed to find
> > > that this 
> > > required more effort than usual. 
> > > 
> > > "Of course." Unperturbed, Hodges filled a snifter
> > half full.  "There
> > > you are, 
> > > miss."
> 
> "Thank you, Mr Hodges." She pulled the drink towards
> her and gazed down at it thoughtfully.
> 
> > 
> > Cyril turned to Tabitha.  "Good evening, Mrs. Rosen.
> >  How's the lad
> > doing out in Somerset?" he asked in a grandfatherly
> > way.
> > 
> 
> "Good evening!" said Tabitha. "Thank you for asking.
> He's doing all right, but he does have some problems
> with the language, especially with the strong accents
> some of the locals have. I thought about bringing him
> back for Hanukkah and the New Year, but in the end I
> decided not to risk it. Knowing the Germans, they'll
> probably bomb the whole city to the ground on
> Christmas Day," she continued rather bitterly.

"No, that's good thinking," Cyril answered, trying to temper her
bitterness.  "The lad's much safer where he is.  Even without the
bombs, he'd be climbing through the rubble and likely to get hurt."  He
smiled, "I know my lad wouldn't have been able to resist trying to play
in all this."

Cyril turned as his wife approached.  He said to Tabitha, "Now I know
you've met my wife.  She's how I knew about your son."
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