Julia Ch 01
I. ‘Yes, he’s still asleep,’ Julia told her guest, her new neighbor, Ellen, ‘But should be up soon. He doesn’t wake usually much before now.’ The two ladies sat in the living room of Ms North’s two storey house, enjoying a cappuccino. The room was sunlit, it being a bright and warm morning in July. ‘Just like my Benji,’ Mrs. Cartwright said, with obvious pride, ‘A herd of elephants couldn’t wake him much before now.’ The two ladies laughed. ‘He doesn’t mind you being away?’ Julia asked. ...