2010/50: Light -- Margaret Elphinstone

Light -- Margaret Elphinstone

"I am Mrs Geddes. My late husband was the lightkeeper."
Every word she spoke made it seem the more extraordinary that she was here. She was a lady. She spoke the King's English. Her skin was as brown as a hazelnut. She wore gold studs in her ears, and a sacking apron stained with soil. He saw that her hands were dirty, covered with earth in fact. (p. 97)

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