"Blair, Emma - An Apple from Eden" - читать интересную книгу автора (Blair Emma)

'L'amour.' Bridie Flynn sighed, then repeated the word.

'Zamour.'

'You what?' queried Teresa Kelly in astonishment.

'It's French for love,' Bridie informed her. 'I
go prickly all over every time I say it.'

Teresa shook her head. 'I suppose you learned
that from one of those daft books you're always

reading.'

'They're not daft at all!' Bridie retorted.
'Amongst other things they're very informative.
Why, I'd be lost without my books. Thank
Heavens for the library. The best thing I ever
did was joining.'

Bridie -glanced about her. The rest of the
family were out -- a rare enough event as there
was usually someone else around in the evenings.
Her mother, father and sister Alispn had gone
to visit Granny Flynn who was suffering from
lumbago. As for her brother Scan, who knew
where he was? He could be anywhere. Probably
with one or some of his many pals.

'You know what I'd really like to have been
in life,' Bridie suddenly stated.

'What?'

'A schoolteacjier.'

Teresa gave a derisory laugh. 'You, a
schoolteacher! My my, we have got ideas
above our station, haven't we? Our kind don't

become schoolteachers. That's for posh folk.'

Bridie pulled a face. 'I know. But a lassie
can have dreams, can't she? If things had been
different, if I hadn't been born into an ordinary
working-class family, then that's what I'd like to
have been. A spell at university, then training
college followed by teaching.' Her eyes took on