Barbara Pym Quote

Father G. was often obliged to enter houses where people were on the point of death or had already died; indeed he preferred this type of situation to normal parish visiting, with its awkward conversation and the inevitable cups of tea and sweet biscuits.


Quartet in Autumn (1977)


Father G. was often obliged to enter houses where people were on the point of death or had already died; indeed he preferred this type of situation...

Father G. was often obliged to enter houses where people were on the point of death or had already died; indeed he preferred this type of situation...

Father G. was often obliged to enter houses where people were on the point of death or had already died; indeed he preferred this type of situation...

Father G. was often obliged to enter houses where people were on the point of death or had already died; indeed he preferred this type of situation...