Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles Book 1)

by Jeffrey Archer

And he certainly can’t stop me admiring your mother even more than I did before.” “How can you say that?” said Harry. “She works as a waitress to support her family, ends up owning Tilly’s, and when it’s burned to the ground she’s accused of arson, but holds her head high, knowing she is innocent. She finds herself another job at the Royal Hotel, and when she’s sacked, she still refuses to give up. She receives a check for six hundred pounds, and for a moment believes all her problems are solved, only to discover she’s in fact penniless just at the time when she needs money to make sure you can stay at school. In desperation, she then turns to…” “But I wouldn’t have wanted her to…” “She would have known that, Harry, but she still felt it was a sacrifice worth making.” Another long silence followed. “Oh my God,” said Harry. “How can I ever have thought badly of her.”

she would remind him that there were twenty male students at Oxford for every female.

It may have been inconsiderate of me not to respond to those who had only kindness in their hearts, but sometimes an abundance of sympathy can be more overwhelming than solitude.

I find I don’t learn a lot while I’m talking, Harry decided to stop interrupting and start listening.