The Little Flame of Love Affairs

Lorraine's father was retired and living in Scarborough. He couldn't be bothered with them, which was convenient for him. Lorraine had to expend a lot of energy looking out for Quent's rattled boozy hurtful old mother who called Lorraine the domestic goddess. She saw how he was bound to think along those lines given the life he'd had. At the back of her awareness she cherished the secret of the little flame of her love affairs as if these were a kind of counter argument to her father's intransigence and his loneliness. Generally though she treated the whole business lightly there was no heartbreak in those affairs. No one promised anything. The serious business of