Jo stays up late that night, but just as she is falling asleep she heard Beth sobbing in the next room. |
Hearing voices in the entrance hall, Beth hastily tugged down her nightgown and crept into bed, arming herself with a book as an effective prop. |
It was a real weeper, with David Powlett-Jones gradually coming to terms with the loss of Beth and the twins. |
Beth watched the pair of them, father and son, the scene evoking an ache of tenderness in her. |
Beth brought her fingers to the flute keys and played the first run of the piece. |
Beth then fiddles with her cardigan buttons, making sure for the fourth time in ten minutes that she's successfully refastened her sweater. |