538 today, and a draft of the elusive chapter 8. I fear it's rather weak, and it doesn't achieve everything I wanted, but still... Most of what I wrote today is a spoiler for the chapter's sole surprise, so a short, not very exciting snippet...
‘Fobbed off with taking her in to tea!’ exclaimed his grandmother, in quite a different tone. ‘I never mistook you for a genius, Gilbert, but I had thought you less of a slow top than that.’
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on 2006-11-14 11:10 pm (UTC)‘Fobbed off with taking her in to tea!’ exclaimed his grandmother, in quite a different tone. ‘I never mistook you for a genius, Gilbert, but I had thought you less of a slow top than that.’