The Village, Chapter 1
The Bayleys are new to the village, new home and a new school for Hugh who seems to be attracting a lot of attention.
There was nothing unusual about the village. The shop made sure to get everyone’s papers in for the morning, people would stop and chat at the garden gate and maybe buy a half dozen eggs, dropping a couple of pounds in the honesty box. If you went down to the pub everyone knew everyone and everyone was there and that was how it should be. There was a roaring fire in the winter, roasts on Sunday, pub quiz on Monday night,...