The Country Cousin
It was a lovely sunny day and while Caroline poured tea from a silver service, Leslie enjoyed the view through the French doors: a lush country garden with a small gazebo at the center. Leslie had made the decision to get away from the city and spend a day with Edward’s somewhat distant cousin, Caroline. Now, sitting in her living room in her spacious cottage, he felt the tension of the past few weeks and months drain away. Was it the fact he was far-flung from the horror of the Blitz, or just the lulling sense of being in the country surrounded by nature? Whatever it was, he decided to go with the mood and embrace it. Completely.
He and Edward had visited Caroline many times before the war, and she became their close confidant and great friend. It didn’t hurt that she
