Category: Sarnia

Extracts from Sarnia

bleak-land, bleaker-sea, guernsey, west-coast

Bleak land and bleaker sea

The lane joined again onto a wider road, and they drove through a broader flatter valley which at last brought them once more in sight of the sea. But this was the western coast; it...

A sly unwholesome child

The house, like the pillars below, had been faced with stucco, but the stucco was pitted by wind and weather and in several places had fallen off, exposing grey granite beneath. Twin flights of steps...

This was her father

Dust lay thick on every shelf and ledge, and spider’s webs drooped from the oil paintings on the walls. Although the atmosphere was dank, there was a buzz of flies, and a strong fishy smell....

The value of education

Catharine, the younger and prettier of the Le Maitre girls, said: ‘This schooling is a good thing, though my papa says it may well be carried too far. The Rector of Torteval has even declared...

victorian lady asleep

Come, fair dreamer

She started at the light touch of a hand on her brow. Edmund stood before her. ‘I have caught you napping.’ She said indignantly: ‘I was not asleep, merely resting. I did not hear your...

The perfect woman

‘I had made my fortune, as I say, and people knew of it. A man with money is generally welcomed in society, even though he be a sailor, lacking breeding and still showing the coarseness...