Katharine Frensham: A Novel

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Cover of the book Katharine Frensham: A Novel by Beatrice Harraden, Library of Alexandria
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Author: Beatrice Harraden ISBN: 9781465581860
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Beatrice Harraden
ISBN: 9781465581860
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

"Do you understand, Alan, my boy?" asked Clifford Thornton. "No, father, I don't," the boy said in a low voice. "It seems all such a fuss about nothing. Why can't you and mother have it out like any other fellows, and then make it up and be friends? You can't think how easy it is." "We have been doing that for fifteen years and more—all your lifetime," the man said. "I never knew it was as bad as that," Alan said. "We tried to spare you the full knowledge of it," the man answered gently. "But now that you are old enough to know, we are obliged to tell you that we are not, never have been, happy together, and that we do not wish to be together. We spoil each other's lives." Alan was sitting on the sofa. He stirred a little, and then suddenly, without any warning, burst into tears. Although he admired his mother's personality and bearing, he had never been particularly attached to her; but with that conservative conventionalism characteristic of an English boy, he was mortified, and felt it to be a disgrace that there should be any serious disagreement between his parents.

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"Do you understand, Alan, my boy?" asked Clifford Thornton. "No, father, I don't," the boy said in a low voice. "It seems all such a fuss about nothing. Why can't you and mother have it out like any other fellows, and then make it up and be friends? You can't think how easy it is." "We have been doing that for fifteen years and more—all your lifetime," the man said. "I never knew it was as bad as that," Alan said. "We tried to spare you the full knowledge of it," the man answered gently. "But now that you are old enough to know, we are obliged to tell you that we are not, never have been, happy together, and that we do not wish to be together. We spoil each other's lives." Alan was sitting on the sofa. He stirred a little, and then suddenly, without any warning, burst into tears. Although he admired his mother's personality and bearing, he had never been particularly attached to her; but with that conservative conventionalism characteristic of an English boy, he was mortified, and felt it to be a disgrace that there should be any serious disagreement between his parents.

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