Her first school had been a church school, and twice a week they 'd had to set their chairs in a raggedy half-circle and fidget their way through one of the vicar's haranguing lectures on Life. He was a small man, bald and beady-eyed and turkey-necked, and only in retrospect could she see that he 'd probably been something of a mental case as well.
life had served the vicar badly in some way
She could only now assume that life had served him badly in some way at least in his own opinion.
Her first school had been a church school, and twice a week they 'd had to set their chairs in a raggedy half-circle and fidget their way through one of the vicar's haranguing lectures on Life. He was a small man, bald and beady-eyed and turkey-necked, and only in retrospect could she see that he 'd probably been something of a mental case as well.</s>She could only now assume that life had served him badly in some way at least in his own opinion.</s>life had served the vicar badly in some way