McCall Smith again
January 28th 2011 20:40
More moments of nonsense from Alexander McCall Smith’s The Unbearable Lightness of Scones.
One friend of Domenica’s had married a man of such talent and sensitivity in the field of interior decoration that it was widely felt that he was unlikely to have the time to marry. Single-minded pursuit, traps and – or so Domenica felt – sheer force on the woman’s part had eventually settled that matter. Another friend, having despaired of finding a full-size husband, had settled for a man who was so thin as to be almost invisible when viewed from the side. He had himself been keen to marry, but had never found anybody, probably, Domenica thought, because nobody had ever actually seen him. ‘Better than nothing,’ her friend had said philosophically. And it had been a very happy marriage; from the merest scraps, from part of something, may something whole be made[ Click here to read more ]
One friend of Domenica’s had married a man of such talent and sensitivity in the field of interior decoration that it was widely felt that he was unlikely to have the time to marry. Single-minded pursuit, traps and – or so Domenica felt – sheer force on the woman’s part had eventually settled that matter. Another friend, having despaired of finding a full-size husband, had settled for a man who was so thin as to be almost invisible when viewed from the side. He had himself been keen to marry, but had never found anybody, probably, Domenica thought, because nobody had ever actually seen him. ‘Better than nothing,’ her friend had said philosophically. And it had been a very happy marriage; from the merest scraps, from part of something, may something whole be made
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