"No, she was not sorry, she decided five months later , as she sat at her escritoire , set in the window of her upstairs
sitting room, and worked on her housekeeping books."
wonder what it looked like:
isn't this lovely:
Do you have a housekeeping book?
I would expect Nadine was keeping track of house expenses in the new house.
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Was envisioning a small secretary so she could see out the window. I love a desk at a window. Helps with daydreaming doesn't it. See you tomorrow.
See you ... and looking forward to the book discussion with a smaller group
Don't you wish you could visit the Inn? It has always enchanted me since the first time I read the book decades ago and the enchantment has not faded with many subsequent readings. BTW, here is a little article from the EG website about the book (which you may have already seen) which was titled The Herb of Grace when published in England.
http://www.elizabethgoudge.org/Postings/Herb%20Of%20Grace.htm
Enjoy your reading!
Sara
And here's another interesting link. I've had a delightful half hour googling images and came across this one, a drawing of the Inn, and a related article. How I would love to have been the one to find this particular copy at the sale the blog author mentions, complete with the literary review! http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-herb-of-grace.html
And with that, I shall say good evening and leave you to your reading.
One more, Elizabeth Goudge at her writing desk in 1934, a photo I've not come across before. Perhaps Nadine's desk was patterned on something similar. You can click on it to enlarge it. So interesting to see EG as a 34-year-old!
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw120625/Elizabeth-de-Beauchamp-Goudge
Sara...you're awesome. :)
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