CHAPTER 82 - BABY BOOM - CAPÍTULO 82
'What are they going to call her?' asked Grannie Claire. 'Anne,' she said. 'Anne Margot.' 'Margot,' said Margot in surprise. No one said anything for a moment. The garden of Villa Claire smelt of the last flowers of summer and the night-blooming jasmine already sensing the absence of sunlight, and somewhere in the neighbourhood someone was pruning with shears, whose rhythmic snipping marked the silence of the evening. 'This year,' said Andrew at last, 'we've had five babies. A genuine baby boom.' 'And a wedding to come,' said Rowena, looking at Julian Archibald, asleep in the pram beside the table, guarded by his elder brother, little John P. 'And a new Smith & Imossi branch office,' said Charlotte, looking at her nephew. 'And many ships,' said Andrew. John, who had been listening in silence with his tea in his hands, raised his eyes. 'What ships?' he said. 'The ones that can't pass thr...
