would take her into the library to help him find it. If he had not been, as he described it, a slave to the Ministry, and to Eventuality Planning, if he had been at home, sending Hardman down for the wines, steering the conversation, deciding without appearing to when it was time to through,” she would not be “go crossing the hallway now with such heaviness in her step. This was a command on which he tried to confer urgent masculine authority. loomed the greater challenge yet of Army Amo, the khaki bar with the …there The effect on Cecilia was to cause her to tighten her grip. She had no time, Pass the Amo! and certainly no inclination, to explain that plunging vase and flowers into the slogan; the concept rested on an assumption that spending on the Armed water would help with the natural look she wanted in the arrangement. She Forces must go on increasing if Mr. Hitler did not pipe down; there was even a tightened her hold and twisted her body away from him. He was not so easily chance that the bar shaken off. With a sound like a dry twig snapping, a section of the lip of the could become part of the standard-issue ration pack; in that case, if there vase came away in his hand, and split into two triangular pieces which were to be a general conscription, a further five factories would be needed; dropped into the water and tumbled to the bottom in a synchronous, there were some on the seesawing motion, and lay there, several inches apart, writhing in the broken board who were convinced there should and would be an accommodation light. with Germany and that Army Amo was a dead duck; one member was even accusing Marshall ofbeing a warmonger; but, exhausted as he was, and maligned, he would not be turned away from his purpose, his vision. He ended by repeating that it was wonderful to find oneself out here” “way where one could, as it were, catch one’s breath. Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as sh
would take her into the library to help him find it. If he had not been, as he described it, a slave to the Ministry, and to Eventuality Planning, if he had been at home, sending Hardman down for the wines, steering the conversation, deciding without appearing to when it was time to “go through,” she would not be crossing the hallway now with such heaviness in her step. This was a command on which he tried to confer urgent masculine authority. The effect on Cecilia was to cause her to tighten her grip. She had no time, and certainly no inclination, to explain that plunging vase and flowers into the water would help with the natural look she wanted in the arrangement. She tightened her hold and twisted her body away from him. He was not so easily shaken off. With a sound like a dry twig snapping, a section of the lip of the vase came away in his hand, and split into two triangular pieces which dropped into the water and tumbled to the bottom in a synchronous, seesawing motion, and lay there, several inches apart, writhing in the broken light. …there loomed the greater challenge yet of Army Amo, the khaki bar with the Pass the Amo! slogan; the concept rested on an assumption that spending on the Armed Forces must go on increasing if Mr. Hitler did not pipe down; there was even a chance that the bar could become part of the standard-issue ration pack; in that case, if there were to be a general conscription, a further five factories would be needed; there were some on the board who were convinced there should and would be an accommodation with Germany and that Army Amo was a dead duck; one member was even accusing Marshall ofbeing a warmonger; but, exhausted as he was, and maligned, he would not be turned away from his purpose, his vision. He ended by repeating that it was wonderful to find oneself “way out here” where one could, as it were, catch one’s breath. Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as sh
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