The Tall Stranger

by D.E. Stevenson

‘Oh, I don’t mean you should tell people the story of your life. I just mean you might let fall little bits of information occasionally; it would give you a background. You have no background, Penney. You’re just a dear, nice, kind person – but not very real.’

Amalie was in no hurry for them to flower. She would have held back the garden if she could … for, as each plant flowered and faded, she knew that it was gone for a whole year.