Daily Pym

An occasional dose of Barbara Pym

‘Miss — Madam — come quickly!’ she cried. ‘The bees are swarming!’

‘But what can I do?’ I called out, looking around me helplessly. ‘I don’t know anything about bees. Isn’t the gardener here?’

‘Oh Madam, he’s digging a grave!’ came the agitated answer.

A Glass of Blessings, chapter twenty