After a day at the beach and ice cream, Friday was thoroughly exhausted. He had fallen asleep on top of some drawings he was doing, prompting Thursday to scoop him up and carry him up to bed.
She returned downstairs a short time later and curled up on the couch with page 73 of Persuasion. She wasn't able to reach page 74 before the phone rang.
(
Hello? Oh, hi Mum. )