The Balliols (1934)
“The last sight to fade from pain-dazed eyes as the mist of chloroform laid its peace about her was the broad leafless avenue of chestnuts. As the calming fumes released her the proud line of trees was the first object to grow clear to her.
On the following Friday there was a mellow expression on Lord Huntercoombe’s face as he took his place as chairman of Peel & Hardy’s board that resignations and deaths had reduced to the barest quorum of three members. Before he asked the secretary to read th...e minutes of the last meeting, he looked from one to the other of his colleagues.
“When I consider that each one of us has at this moment a son serving at the front; when I reflect on the kind of world that we have given to our sons to live in, I suppose it’s foolish to be enthusiastic over the birth of a male child; but I must say that I feel very proud and happy to be a grandfather.”
He paused; then in his customary voice: “Will the secretary please read the minutes to us?”
There was not a great deal on the agenda paper.MoreLess
On the following Friday there was a mellow expression on Lord Huntercoombe’s face as he took his place as chairman of Peel & Hardy’s board that resignations and deaths had reduced to the barest quorum of three members. Before he asked the secretary to read th...e minutes of the last meeting, he looked from one to the other of his colleagues.
“When I consider that each one of us has at this moment a son serving at the front; when I reflect on the kind of world that we have given to our sons to live in, I suppose it’s foolish to be enthusiastic over the birth of a male child; but I must say that I feel very proud and happy to be a grandfather.”
He paused; then in his customary voice: “Will the secretary please read the minutes to us?”
There was not a great deal on the agenda paper.MoreLess
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