An experiment in love

woolen material.
Even the duffle coat passed on by my cousin

did not go much below the knee. (p.153)

the hideous racket. (p. 155)

to be down at floor level gasping in the air.

(p.155)

bed or bathing.

I did not possess a dressing-gown. (p.157)

was very long and very bitter, denouncing my ingratitude, my

improvidence, the laxity of my morals.(p.159)

burden of the letter was this, when the verbiage was

stripped away.(p.160)

to me that the letter might have been written in

haste. (p.161)

Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous

yellow flowers.

We had come from our suburbs, villages and market towns, from stockbroker Tudor and inter-war semi with laburnum tree. (p. 162)

or leader.
It was a small rebellion against the lives they

had led since puberty. (p.164)

the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters

of pendulous yellow flowers.
Too quickly, without careful planning or thought.
An act of armed resistance to an established government or leader.
A coat made from duffel, a coarse, thick, woolen material.
The action of using up a resource.
Lack of proper appreciation or thanks for something.
Extremely unpleasant.
A profusion of words usually of little or obscure content.
A long, loose robe, typically worn after getting out of bed or bathing.
The quality of being real or true.