Amalia's Story, Chapter Twenty-Four
= Amalia Angeloni Jacobucci
“Our Wonderful Red Comrades”
Angela Thirkell Book Summaries #15:
Peace Breaks Out!
by Angela Thirkell (1946)
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National Anthem of the Russian Empire

True to the theory that a positive change creates almost as much stress as a negative one, the outbreak of Peace is met with trepidation.
The Government falls, Mr. Adams contests Anne Fielding’s father for MP, and bread is not delivered (somehow equivalent events).
However, the main action focuses on David Leslie who, at thirty-nine, is still meddling with the feelings of every available young woman until Rose Bingham, of suitable age and circumstances, “sorts him out,” object: Matrimony.
At this the logjam breaks and everyone else becomes engaged.
Around the edges we encounter Mr. Scatcherd the local “artist” and his formidable niece who harangues him in non-stop paragraphs; the continuing feud with the Palace as the Bishop’s request for a song in honor of
“our Wonderful Red Comrades”
is ...