Penny Plain

On the eve of David Jardine’s departure for Oxford, his sister hums a gay tune beside his box of books—as if she can make a sorrowful goodbye sound like a celebration.

In Priorsford, a small Scottish town under October mist, the Jardines gather for tea in their odd little house, The Rigs. Jean keeps the family steady: David is leaving for university, fourteen-year-old Jock would rather play than study, and seven-year-old Mhor turns a table into a raft and a cat into a voyager. Their lively home is full of jokes and make-believe, but David’s departure brings a quieter question: what will become of the family when the one who is leaving has always belonged at its heart? And who is the “Honourable” lodger about to arrive in town?

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