“Charlotte was used to all the marks of war: the shabbiness of things, bad food, shop queues, posters about the war effort, people with worried faces, people dressed in black. She was used to seeing the wounded men from the… — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“Even her footsteps did not seem to belong to her. The night seized and transformed them, just as it transformed the greenhouses they passed… — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“And, she thought uncomfortably, what would happen if people did not recognize you? Would you know who you were yourself? If tomorrow they started… — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“Where you some particular person because people recognized you as that?” — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“Charlotte was used to all the marks of war: the shabbiness of things, bad food, shop queues, posters about the war effort, people with… — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“Of course I'm not going to look through the keyhole. That's something only servants do. I'm going to hide in the bay window.” — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
