Herbert Ernest Bates: Oh! To Be In England – Philip Franks
Oh! To be in England
Lady Violet turned and led the way into the cramped spaces…
It was like seeing another bit of England go
Chapter2: After quenching his thirst…
While Pop has gone into the house…
Accustomed as he was to living in the Larkin household…
Crushingly defeated by this blank, simple statement…
Chapter 3: Two days later the morning was so beautiful…
Miss Brown was unforgettable
Chapter 4: Late that evening…
When Pop finally went upstairs ten minutes later…
After Pop had apologized for the absence of Mr. Charlton…
In a daze, the sudden victim of open feminine entreaty…
Ten minutes later Mr. Candy was sitting in the buggy…
Chapter 5: Over-smartly dressed in a light blue suit…
The Captain, in the middle of the stiffest of bows
The Captain was confused
The Captain though greatly flattered…
The Captain hesitated about the woods
Ma’s casual suggestion about telephoning the Captain’s wife
Chapter 6: On a damp dull afternoon in mid-July…
Something like an alarmed sigh instantly answered him…
Pop, pump-handling with friendly vigour…
The horror of seeing a loaded gun pointed at someone…
Edith, coming out of a sort of mad trance…
‘Edith’s looking a bit pale round the gills an’ all too today’…
Chapter 7: Mademoiselle Dupont stood in the sunshine…
The brigadier, bowing with a certain military stiffness…
Oats were turning to a beautiful pinkish yellow in some fields…
Chapter 8: While Mademoiselle Dupont shook hands…
By no means tranquil yet…
The Rev. Candy and Mademoiselle Dupont shook hands…
The twins were dreadfully, dangerously alike…
‘And what, please, are your names?’
He seized one of the proffered sandwiches with alacrity…
Chapter 9: Ma woke in the night, disturbed…
Some few seconds later he heard the sound that Ma had heard…
By the time he reached the meadow all trace of mist had cleared
‘Does Mr. Candy disturb you?’ she suddenly said
Pop felt himself recoil under the sheer brilliant weight…
Chapter 10: On Sunday morning, while the Larkins…
Little Oscar was sitting in a chair at the table…
To the collective allerements of the Larkin family…
Instantly Oscar, rudely deprived of the pleasure…
‘Are you two wearing the right ribbons?’ Ma said
Chapter 11: By mid afternoon the sun was shining brilliantly…
‘I think you have visitors, Mr. Larkin,’ he said
Philip Franks
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