You will go in to tea, my girl-- an a much better tea than yo would have come by this time last year.
-I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Thursday, 13 May 2010
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There is a light down in the castle kitchen. To-night I shall have my bath in front of the fire, with Simon's gramophone playing, Topaz has it on now, much too loud-- to bring father back to earth in time for tea-- but it sounds beautiful from this distance. She is playing the Bereceuse from Stravinsky's "The Firebird." It seems to say, "What shall I do? Where shall I go?"
An almost Expat's blog filled with pastries, broadway music, Kate Bush, British weather and rantings on perpetual singledom. Enjoy.
Moi
Hayley, an American trying to survive the mean and expensive streets of London. Armed only with an ipod, a camera and a pissed off glare ready to be fired at any point.
Disney and Stravinsky AND I Capture the Castle? So much love, though to my shame, my first thought was "Hayley knows a Simon AND a Topaz? And there's a gramophone? She's JUST like Cassandra Mortmain!" And then I realized...
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