Winter Doves: A Love StoryTogether, Walter and June, a bitter, attractive, and corrosively articulate short-stay patient recovering from a suicide attempt, escape from the mental hospital and strike out on their own |
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Page 89
He found a mattress by feeling for it, and began to remove first Clifford's jacket,
then his tie and shirt. Clifford mustn't be allowed to sleep in his best suit. There
was just enough light for Walter to see Clifford's eyes, still watching him in
everything he did. He had forgotten to bring pyjamas, and in the nineteen years
he had dressed and undressed Clifford he had not known him to possess
underclothes. The room was warm enough, but the feel of woollen blankets next
to his skin would be ...
He found a mattress by feeling for it, and began to remove first Clifford's jacket,
then his tie and shirt. Clifford mustn't be allowed to sleep in his best suit. There
was just enough light for Walter to see Clifford's eyes, still watching him in
everything he did. He had forgotten to bring pyjamas, and in the nineteen years
he had dressed and undressed Clifford he had not known him to possess
underclothes. The room was warm enough, but the feel of woollen blankets next
to his skin would be ...
Page 173
Used to be. I wanted to do Social Work, you see.' If Graham did see, he didn't
appear to be saying. 'The Sociology Department at Salford -it's pretty well known,
you know. One of the best really.' 'Really?' 'In the north.' 'Yes.' The Senior Adviser
did not know why he had begun to feel in some way inferior to Graham. He was,
after all, the Senior Adviser; it wasn't up to him to prove anything. There was a
period of silence, during which June held the nylon net window-curtains open
slightly.
Used to be. I wanted to do Social Work, you see.' If Graham did see, he didn't
appear to be saying. 'The Sociology Department at Salford -it's pretty well known,
you know. One of the best really.' 'Really?' 'In the north.' 'Yes.' The Senior Adviser
did not know why he had begun to feel in some way inferior to Graham. He was,
after all, the Senior Adviser; it wasn't up to him to prove anything. There was a
period of silence, during which June held the nylon net window-curtains open
slightly.
Page 209
... good, and he had not been bad. She had promised that they would meet
together in Paradise, and there would be no reason for Jesus to feel
embarrassed since Walter was not one of His Mistakes. 'What's it like, then?' "
Walter blinked. 'Sleeping in the snow. What's it feel like?' 209.
... good, and he had not been bad. She had promised that they would meet
together in Paradise, and there would be no reason for Jesus to feel
embarrassed since Walter was not one of His Mistakes. 'What's it like, then?' "
Walter blinked. 'Sleeping in the snow. What's it feel like?' 209.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Winter Doves: A Love Story |
| Author | David Cook |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0879519940, 9780879519940 |
| Length | 212 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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