You always were overcautious and lily-livered, darling,” she said, sounding bored.
I looked at my hands. The chipped green nails looked so garish in this light.
“What you have to do, Eleanor,” she said, “is grasp the nettle. Do you know what I mean by that?”
“I think so,” I whispered. “I’m simply telling you that you mustn’t keep pussyfooting around, Eleanor.”
She sighed. “Life is all about taking decisive action, darling.
Whatever you want to do, do itwhatever you want to take, grab it.
Whatever you want to bring to an end, END IT. And live with the consequences.”
She started to talk quietly, speaking so softly that I could hardly hear her.
This, I knew from experience, did not bode well. “This man...” she murmured.
This man sounds as if he has some potential, but, like most people, he’ll be weak.
That means that you have to be strong, Eleanor. Strength conquers weaknessthat’s a simple fact of life, isn’t it?
“I suppose so,” I said sullenly, pulling a face. Childish, I know, but Mummy does tend to bring out the worst in me.
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