Uncle P - his attributes
like a saint and his attributes in a religious painting, because they reflected the glory of Uncle Peter
Uncle P - no one
no one had an absent relative who could compare with Uncle Peter
Uncle P - presence
his very absence was a kind of presence
Uncle P - ill
the level breathing behind me ends in sharp, raucous gasp
Uncle P - tramp description
dark tangle of hair and beard and the shaggy outline of it moving as the man coughed
Uncle P - voice
his voice is so ordinary, so familiar. But he's not the ordinary or familiar at all!
Uncle P - games
You start playing some game,, and you're the brave one, you're the hero. But the game goes on and on, and it gets more and more frightening
Uncle P - Bobs
it was always her, you know" he says quietly. I stop. "from the beginning. Always her
Uncle P - stefan questions himself
Did i really not know at the time that the broken man in the Barns was Uncle Peter? Of course I knew
Uncle P - stephans view of tramp
that low in the table of human precedence
Uncle P - lying in barn
gets abit bleak, lying here
Uncle P - describing self
dickey engine
Uncle P - Bobs one word
Forever
Mrs H - 5 words
my mother is a German spy
Mrs H - real sides
they're both plainly skilled at concealing their real selves from the world
Mrs H - wrong
theres something wrong about her
Mrs H - as a child
she's playing at being the grown up she has since become
Mrs H - secrets of presence
all four of them watch us out of the past as we work to penetrate the secrets of the present and dismantle their future
Mrs H - tiger
as the disconcerted as a big game hunter and a tiger coming unexpectedly face to face
Mrs H - private
sometimes people have things they want to do in private
Mrs H - prisoner
she has become a prisoner
Mrs H - spy career
without any drama or scandal, we have brought her career as a spy to an end
Mrs H - perfect
she seemed somehow even more perfect than before
Mrs H - outcasts
sometimes people find themselves isolated. They feel they're outcasts, that everyone's against them
Mrs H - cravat
I suddenly realise... why his mother, in the heat of the summer, has taken to wearing that cravat pinned high around her neck
Mr H - perfect
forever making perfect yet more perfect
Mr H - aeroplane
if that toy aeroplane of yours touches the greenhouse, old bean" he'd smile "i'll cane you
Mr H - killing germans
won a medal in the great war
Mr H - treat like child
If you behave like a child then Daddy's going to treat you like a child
Mr H - heroes
his family have taken on the heroic proportions of characters in a legend
Mr H - sound of him
my heart shrivels at the sound of his father's tone
Mr H - ogre
like an ogre in his cave
Mr H - man
don't be a blithering idiot. Some game you're playing? Best be a man and own up
BB- playing camp
her humiliating suggestion that we're merely 'playing' in a 'camp' rather than keeping watch in a lookout
BB- own
i knew you were playing on your own
BB- jealous
how does Barbara Berrill know about Keith's new habits when I don't
BB- boyfriend
perhap Mrs Hayward's got a boyfriend too
BB- his lap
My lap's full of the weight and softness of her
BB- secret
I've got something secret to show you
BB- push
she straddles across me, pushing me back on the ground
BB- kiss
she leans closer still, and rests her lips against mine