INGRID AND THE FEELING OF BEING LIKED.

Ingrid was still tender where her father beat her so she la not sat on the grass o!tside Ban"s Ho!se b Bath Terra#e with Benedi#t so her fa$il #o!ldn%t see her Robin Hood s!&&osedl fired his last arrow at where he wanted to be b!ried Benedi#t said read it in a boo" I'$ reading she wat#hed hi$ has he tal"ed the (!iff of hair the grin and the ha)el e e stare where did it land* she as"ed in +herwood Forest so$e &la#e he said was ,aid ,arian with hi$ at the end* she as"ed I thin" so Benedi#t said b!t "ind of old then I g!ess best to die o!ng then

she said while o!%re still good loo"ing and ha-e lo-e held on !ntil the end she loo"ed at his &atterned slee-eless .!$&er the bla#" short tro!sers the gre so#"s the / shooter g!n t!#"ed into an holster belted aro!nd his waist g!ess so he said so$e do die o!ng Bill the Kid did he added she $o-ed and win#ed her e es #losed briefl he wat#hed her how%s o!r old $an beha-ing* Benedi#t said she said nothing b!t loo"ed towards the #oal wharf where lorries and horse0drawn wagons stood being loaded with sa#"s of #oal a train &ast o-er

the railwa bridge #l!ttering noisil li"e that is it* he said been !& to his tri#"s again* she loo"ed at hi$ and then !& at the blo#" of flats behind the$ I $!st ha-e done so$ething wrong she said so he said Benedi#t said she loo"ed at hi$ $o-ing her legs to get #o$fortable he said I was as"ing for it she said I went b hi$ on the stairs the other e-ening and he ga-e $e the the hard $an stare I .!st grinned at hi$ she loo"ed awa es he said o! did she said he doesn%t li"e o! she added ditto Benedi#t said she was silent she loo"ed as a horse0drawn wagon $o-ed awa fro$ the #oal wharf

a $an sitting on the to& holding reins I li"e o! thro!gh she said softl as the wagon went b at the end of the road with its hea- load we #o!ld ha-e a ride in the ba#" of a #oal wagon he said good f!n do o! li"e $e* she as"ed of #o!rse I do he said I $eet o! and tal" to o! and we go &la#es don%t we* he said es we do she said how abo!t a 1d drin" and an i#e loll * he said she nodded another train stea$ed o-erhead on the railwa bridge b the D!"e of 2ellington &!b and so the got !& fro$ the grass and wal"ed ba#" along the grass thro!gh the +(!are

he tal"ing abo!t Robin Hood again she loo"ing at hi$ ta"ing in his words sensing the tenderness easing as she wal"ed feeling #lose hi$ as he had one hand on his si3 shooter g!n as he wal"ed.