r’s s  all, felt it all. Severance. S s fling s against t cla t  out of o to a little  t is o ting bones, but s feel tdress  s feel t nothing. She was broken.

    morning, so t react s cing a silent mantra t might have been Emmeline, Emmeline, Emmeline.

    er lifted Adeline in  difficult. teen no srengt  antial. tairs as easily as if so be aired.

    Jo. Approving, disapproving, it tered. er did the decision making.

    told Adeline so see Emmeline; a lie t aken Adeline any. Absent from  er, s  took to tor’s  here.

    Back at er’s room back into  o find er gone. As turning to anxiety in ternoon. S as far as she village.

    At teatime er found  taring in tion t o tor’s  dared follo. er put a o time to time, Emmeline stopped, ant, ing to turn back, but er took ion of  but puzzled steps. After tea sood by t. S faded, but it  until er locked tine of putting Emmeline to bed t sraught.

    All nig seemed to go on forever.  ant in Adeline took an agonizing ty-four o break in Emmeline. But w. S and so oblivion.

    tion of tion. Imagine surviving an earto, you find t place. terrain you kno it’s not t’s no ers so often wishers.

    Miss inter sat staring into space. int o a tender apricot. Ss o a soft, sangle. But   a biting  only surned o mine.

    ‘Are you all rig eat very much.“

    ‘I’ve al.“

    ‘But you look pale.“

    ‘A bit tired, maybe.“

    e finis up to carrying on.