Nov 04, 2008 03:37
His attention strayed to Penelope’s bookshelves to see if he could find something there to while away the time. He saw a volume of Donne's poetry and prose and turning to the sermons he began to consider what he could preach about at Ianthe’s uncle dedication festival. <...> Mark turned away from the sermons to the love poems at which the book seemed to open more easily.
“An Unsuitable Attachment” by Barbara Pym
A creepily synchronous book, and all the better for it.