Room 2D

Story from Janus 22   by R.T. Mason with a couple of nice Paula Meadows illustrations The view from the vicarage window is archetypically English: a perfectly groomed and spacious lawn, at either side leafy shrubs beset here and there with the blues of delphiniums, the reds and pinks of roses in full bloom, while beyond stands a stately ancient cedar; and in the centre of this idyllic setting, under a cloudless blue June sky, five youngsters — two girls, three boys — happily engage in an informal game of cricket. Some might question perhaps the presence of that cloudless blue sky in an archetypal English setting: should it not be raining or at least dull and cloudy? Ah but this is the past when, as we all know, the sun was always shining, for these shouting, laughing children are in the dress of 1910 when Edward VII was on the throne and all was well with the world. Sadly however for one of our young cricketers all is not set to continue quite so well, nor the sky to remain quite s