By Beverley Nichols
ISBN-10: 058527696X
ISBN-13: 9780585276960
ISBN-10: 0881924172
ISBN-13: 9780881924176
First in a trilogy, Merry corridor is the account of the recovery of a home and backyard in post-war England. although Mr. Nichols's horticultural project is severe, his writing is high-spirited, riotously humorous, and, every now and then, deliciously malicious.
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But it was now or never. We opened the door and stepped into the sunlight. §VI There is a certain dialogue which must be familiar not only to everybody who has ever owned a garden, but also to everybody who has ever been shown over one. It begins with the words . . ' Do you recognize it? H. Page 34 you make some polite little remark about how beautifully everything is kept up. That starts them off. ' cries the hostess, clasping her hands. ' 'He should indeed,' agrees Ada. ' 'None! ' cries Ada.
Good afternoon,' I said. He halted, like a soldier. 'Good afternoon . . ' He stared at me with an expression of extraordinary disapproval. I felt like a recruit being ticked off by the sergeant-major. I felt like any common trespasser, confronted by the law. But I liked the old man, and I was very anxious that he should like me. I managed a grin. Reluctantly he touched his hat. 'I've been looking over the place,' I said. ' As I said these words a positive tattoo was rattled on Bob's golden chains.
It looked at once starved and stifled; starved because of the thin, blistered paint, the patched roof, and the cracked, dirty glass; stifled because of the rank and gloomy hedge which had thrust its way almost through the very windows. 'Come on, Bob. ' With another shrug from Bob, and another rattle of gold chains, we pushed open the gate and walked up the steps. I rang the bell. Silence. Another ring. Still silence. ' I looked up at it and nodded. It was indeed a perfect door. 'About 1770 I should say,' continued Bob.
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