Angelika

“He prayed to goodness that the relationship might be reasonably remote. He remembered, anxiously, that a man may not marry his grandmother...”
― Francis Brett Young, Cage Bird, And Other Stories

“her mind was full not of facts, but of glamour;”
― Francis Brett Young, Cage Bird, And Other Stories

“Gradually a change came over Willoughby. It
showed itself first in a distinct gain of strength that overjoyed her. All his life, in the sodden midlands and in the clearer cold of Central Europe, Willoughby’s body had simply struggled for existence; whatever vitality he possessed had been poured out daily to nourish the pale, exotic flower of his music. In this blander climate, like a starved plant that rejoices in a genial soil, the musician became a man.”
― Francis Brett Young, Cage Bird, And Other Stories

“Fortunately, also, that very night the wolfish English summer discarded its lamb-skins.”
― Francis Brett Young, Cage Bird, And Other Stories