“When you sat down on the side of the bed, the springs gave a little, but not much. You lo
“When you sat down on the side of the bed, the springs gave a little, but not much. You looked around and recognised that this room was her secret, that you shouldn’t have been there. Not that it was wrong, no, not that, but something more. You could feel it without having the words to say it, a kind of sorry. Not the sorry from robbing or getting hit or chased or even the sorry when you’d find your ma in a state or when your brothers jeered at your da behind his back. It was a new sorry that you felt you’d have for always.”Karl Geary, Montpelier Parade -- source link
#karl geary#dublin#ireland#irish literature#edward hopper