The Carriage House: A Novel by Louisa Hall

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Yes, he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he

had placed her there, that his will and his hands had done

it, that she owed it to his perception of her fatigue, and his

resolution to give her rest. Jane Austen, Persuasion


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Chapter 1

Fm th tm that h daght d t th akt, W-am had d nthng m than t wath thm pay tnn.A n a th wkday ndd, h hd hm t gt t th

atnn n n tm. in th wnt, h wathd thm pay n

th nd t, ndd y h, atn, and th

m thk tap and yntht t. lat, whn thy w d

ngh t mpt, Wam pnt h nt wknd at th

tnamnt, mng twn atht at that tatd, wth

tm, t k hm. At ya wathng thm pay, h had

gn t that th wa mthng mptantmthnghtay ntnat th ta wakng t th

t thm pm.

Th an th ta w qnt nw. ony

whn Dana am hm m Txa th ad hampn-

hp dd h ha th han t t that ng. That p,

n pd wathng h g n t. ezath hadnt thda akt n h tk p atng, and nw hd mmttd h-

t yga, an atty that Wam d nt ng hm t

ay a an atht pt. izzy wakd away m tnn


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n appant an whn h wa tn, and whn h dd, t

wa a thgh Wam t a daght. sh hd y n

th nm g h had n, mng ntad an adt yng

at wh th addnd and nd hm.

bt tday, th nd Jn, 2000, h wd wak t th

t agan. Tday, a h d t d tn, h had hd

hm m th , pdng ang th tah

Knndy D, ppd y h d t Dana pay. H had

jggd p th ta t hang nt aa th, hagd wthth am xtmnt that d t th hm whn h g w n

tnamnt. A h pd h t, Wam xamnd hm n

th m hnd h t d. H wa t a n-kng man.

H had hd p w. H hng h at n a wdn hang and

hangd nt a yw p. H hd h ath wh h tkd

t n, thn tk tk hm n m. Dana had payd n

natna tnamnt. What wa th ad hampnhp

mpad t that? bt t. on m h wd tak h pa n

th awn ha hnd th td t. on m h wd

andy jk wth th th mm, wh wd an agant th

n, hpng t ath a gmp h D. on m h dy

xpt mmnt wd aw thm nt n, and atwad

th tw thm wd wak hm tgth, h and D, t pa,h akt ag ng a h ak.

cmpt n h aa th, Wam hd dwn th

ta. in th y, h tppd and kd t thgh th -

ng m wndw t Magax pantng pahyanda nd

th thd ndn t. sh wa knng wth h hand n th

, h dak ha ang h hd. bynd h, th a-ag h td aggd agant th ky, a ght t m

gy. in t hadw, Magax gadnd, t t dpa.

Ftatn pad thgh hm. sh had nt mmd th g-


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nan th day. sh wd nt m wth hm t th

daght wn th hampnhp math. sh wd ny ntn

gadnng, a wad, a thgh th wd n whh Wam

and th daght d had dappad hnd h.

in th kthn, h pad l, ad n a gp mag-

azn, th t p n a ha. Wam mtm wndd

whth h had adntay hd h t ng -tm n h

kthn, ath than t a h w. H, l, h ad

pntdy, and h ttd mthng nmphny Ata-an wtht kng p m h pag. Gdy, l, h

ad, amd wth hm, thn tk an app th ad and

tppd td nt th adng atnn.

it wa a pt tm day. H had th n that a nt ght

had an th wd. H d h yad and md t

nt th g that tthd hnd th h ltt

lan, mng th ga nath h t, xatng n th g

th . H, Wam Ada, md ay agant th t-

ng th wd. H wa a pn, wakng a th

g n h yw p ht. Th knwdg xpandd

hm. H ddnt tn t dw n th aag h; ntad, h

md wad, pang h ngh akyad. s gn

dd h , at, that h wad at M. chh, wh wa tak-ng h andy th n. H want annyd y th fk

pnk pat famng that shdn ba kk a mth had

pantd n th akyad and that shdn had ad t m

n h dath. it wa a paant natn t t hgh a

th th famng, t and th aag h. H

n wad at th Mm man whd md n at th n ltt lan and ch rad. uzman td p m what-

ptt h h wa dggng n h yad. H gand

h hd, tnd ak wth a nd k, thn td


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h hand twad Wam. Wam hk h had at h wn

hgh pt.

Th h hm: dk aad pptd

y wht mn, ttd twn tw magna t. Th ym-

mt t ahtt yd hm; Wam wa a man wh

appatd mn. rath than mng taght thgh th

h, h tk h a dt dwn th ak ha, nd

wth wdn paq mmmatng tnn hampn

ak t 1892. und Mn c champn, h wn namW-am Adaappad n gd pant n tm, m 1967 t

1974. Hny, h th, wn t m 1963 t 1965, h

wnt t wa. Th ath nam appad x tm, n th pan

twn 1941 and 1951, whn h am ay wth Gg

lgg dw ptat m a a a Dawa. And n th ad

paq, Wam g. Dpt th mth gn, thy w

ah n wth nm ptnta. ezath wa hampn

m 1981 t 1983. At tw ya d, h at M. Wd, wth

h td thgh and h pa-agg pam n ngh-

hd aatn mtng. Wth h nny n dng th

aag h p dtat. That wa n th t day W-

am . i ny h d n m ezath nnng p t

y, tang a th nt wth h ntnty that M. Wdtatd ankng am p nt th h , h wd

d a happy man.

And thn. Fm 1984 t 1999 Dana gnd. What a atyng

thng t wa t , that mn Dana Ada. Ftn thm

nd p, ntptd ny y th tw dappntng ya. N

n at th d math that. Nt Jak and ean Wd, wthth mpng daght. ctany nt that chh g. N, th

h paq ngd t th Ada.

ony izzy wa ant. Th w, , a p ia


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Ada n th G c champnhp paq, m th ya

h qt. bt h wa th mt tantd thm a. Wam

ndd th apt nath h t. it wa m thada

than hd appatd : h wd ha t pak t th m-

mtt at aptng. Th awan that h h wa

adng dgd a qk pan hnd h t . H t hand n-

ntay twthd; h nhd t nt a t. i ny h wd pay

agan! eythng d ghtd. i izzy wd wak ak t

n t, h m wngng, th akt p n h knwdg-a hand. en ezath d tn t th gam, nw that h

wa ak m l.A. and h hdn w th n h.

Th ppt thd hm. H ganddaght, yng a

thy w, aady hwd pm. Th pan had pad n h

ag, athgh h had had tatd t ah. Wam knw

h hdnt dw n d dat. it wa ngh that Dana t

payd, ngh that h t d mak th wak th champ-

nhp Math. sh want nhd yt. Hd pkd h p m

th apt th day ag, and whn h aw h watng n th

, ta am t h y. sh wa tandng, a h away had,

wth h akt ag ng h hd, h ha n that

ama pnyta. Whn h pd p, h wng th ag nt th

akat, and t wa h a ama gt that t pd hm tth . H atht g. ey ya h am ak th ham-

pnhp. sh knw t mad hm pd.

bynd th h anda, th ga tnn t tthd

th ak nath th n nt thy ahd th n ht-

nt t that dd ban An. Th htnt nt th

had n th z. Wam athd; th m ay-mmag pdd n hm a d tn ngng h yng

amy t th whn thy t jnd. H tt t, th am-

y hd mad hm. A a a day, Wam aw izzy a a


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ay n h mth am, th atnn ght a Magax

a, th way Magax md t k pat th wd

tnn t and t, an xp annng and. H aw

Dana and ezath a thy n w, nnng t t th ga

t tn atwh. Dana, tn ya d and aady m d-

natd than any th g h ag, ttppng ezath, at-

ng a th gn. And ezath ght hnd h, a hw-

at tn, awa that h had h mth k. A nd

Wam mpmntd h ha n, and h agd wth hm:spn gd, h ad, thn twd. sh ant g. Fm th

mmnt hd n thm, h hat had pmmd hm wth pd.

in th tand hnd t ght, Ada had aady nd

a pa. sh hadd h y wth h hand and wad t hm.

Wam d th pa twn thm. M ly, h ad,

takng h hand, payng a vtan gntman. sh gnnd

th da d gn. s Wam Ada, h ad. o th ban

Ada. A pa, a away. sh mad a pa hm at h

d. it wa mtng t t wth h. Th pnk adgan h wa

wang mndd hm th tt h hatd hang t wa t

hh whn h wa nn ya d, and th h hd

wa a angay gh a t wa whn thy payd tnn n

th y t.bynd th ah, Dana wa wamng p agant Ay

Wd. H dy wa ; h jggd n pa twn ht, a

h had n h tatd mptng. shd gwn p jggng n

pa twn ht. H hatd t h n that kn a, t

ythng at h mmnt had th pata n

that ny ty gtd atht p. sh wd ha n t- n th math. ean Wd atd at hw happy t mad

h daght t pay: A ng a Aga happy, w happy,

h kd t ay wth that tntaty hy m. vaty at


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Amht pnty gd ngh . bt t wa a any.

What hd happy whn h ng? Nt mpng Aga

Wd, wth h mth thgh and h tan. Tw n th

hampnhp, Wam had n Aga Wd ak dwn

and y. sh wa nt a happy g, and thm h had a

wak akhand and Dana wd h.

Dana wamng p wa a thng t . Th wa a fdty t

h gam, a ptn thnq, that mad hm ax nt

h at d Ada ly and th hta h m-tn tnng t nt a tt hamny. Th t gam gan and

Dana d: p th a , p t t hght pnt, and Dana

nd h dy. lqd and matt at n, th t tng

th gnd. sh wa t gat. sh wn pnt tdy, a naty

a th tt p h g and akt wth whh h pkd p

tay a.

o , at twnty-ght h wa n ng a pdgy. Wam

wathd h, ntmpatng th at. Whn h am p t th

nt t tak a p t h wat tt, h wa pd t a-

z that h wa gttng d. on d nt xpt n hdn

t ag. sh gand n h dtn. sh away nd hm n

th wd, n dng h ggt math. A h ah had

attmptd t tan th t h. F ya h had t g thma da y tm h ahd Wam n th wd. Thy

wd that t k h , t Wam ndtd what h

wa kng . H pmpd h t n h dtn; h nddd,

tnng t h, thn wakd ak t n t. Th wa

th ght mp h had n hakn at kn gy.

sh want th am at that njy. Th ya h wa ht,Wam ntnd fyng t Txa h tam ggt math,

t at a wh t wa jt t gm, wathng h ttng n

th nh wth that nm kn a, th y h d,


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whn h wa ppd t nm n n th tam. Whn h

am ak mm ak, hd hangd. H Dana, wh had

away n . Ada td t hp, Gd knw, t dpt

th t, Dana had t mthng. And wh had t gn?

Wh d th pat hdn fy t?

Dana wa tnng nw, wayng w wth th n n

h y. sh wa qntng. ezath wd ha tad taght

thgh t, n matt hw ght. bt nt Dana. Wam d

h wang, and t pand hm. sh wa gd-kngn, qk and nd n h patd tnn kt. sn thn

h ha had gttn dak. Tday hd dawn t ak n a mp

pnyta. it wa th hampnhp, at a; Wam whd

hd pntd h wth a t m pd. H mndd hm-

t ha Ada pak t h at that. F ya n gad-

at h wa t mh. Patay h D, wh had away

d t pay td. H had n magnd h a an ahtt.

H ndtdptd, nh d t h th amy

pn; h hm had m an ahtt a t wa an

hn t nht h gandath m. Th wa n dgnty n

akng ghy wth th pat. And yt th wa nt th amy

tadtn Wam had hpd h Dana wd w. Aht-

t had an a m th day whn h gandath th gay. N, Wam had n damd h D wd pnd

h gtd hnhd th pan mn pakng

gaag.

Txa, n gna, hadnt n knd t Dana. Th aht-

t wa ayma, and th mnt daggd n and n. H amd

th had t th pm wth h kn. H hd hanagd h t m ak hm a n a h had that njy;

h hd ha ntd n t, ahtt h damnd.

cndng th, Wam t hm gwng t tn. ot


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tn and hp, wathng h daght pay n a way that

tk hm a hpy d.

bd hm, Ada qzd h hand. i ny Magax d

h t th, h ad. it wa a y thng t ay, nhaa-

tt Ada. Wam xamnd h p. Whn h am

ak t ban, h md n d than th day whn thy

payd tnn at h. Thn and nw, pp thght Ad-

a k w had, t t Wam h had away n a-

t. H yah and yw w nd that h y md ntand. H hkn w a wa: thy

dd a tak wt ak pant. A Magax add, Ada

gw m . And yt h, t, wa gwng d.

And wh wa ezath? And izzy? o h nd w

a that mnng, izzy had mad a nd that Wam had

ntptd a ant whn h akd h t pa ppt h

t. it wa nt a thgh h had anythng t d n a F-

day atnn. Wth a th n that an ghtn-ya-d an

mmn, h had jnd a m tta z hat att.

sh had hangd h ny ngh t gt n t oh un-

ty, a nmphn pa, and thy had ndd

thm ky at that. sh, a th Ada, had tm t wath

Dana.H daght an daknd Wam md ngh that

h dnt ad a a m whn Jak Wd tttd t m

th h t t d Ada. Wam! Wd ad, gn-

nng xy a th n h hd. H wa th knd

man wh hathd h aatng nat n an andan

h, th typ nthat pt wh mght ta y n thak and ptnd h wa jt payng tag. Wam dd nt tn

th gtng; Wd pn d h hadah. Th hd

a gat math, Wd wa ayng, t t wd nt a gat


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math. Aga Wd wa nt n mty n th am ag

a Dana. Wd tthd h g. Thy w thd n khak

ht, mnatng n a pa wathd at h. N k.

Wam hatd k mn n gna, and n th a th wa

mthng patay natng at th d athtm

Wd a a. What a day a math! h ad. Nth

Wam n Ada wa pndng t hm; h wa ngagd n

a natn wth hm, ng thm t tn n. ltn,

Wam! im gad i an nt y h. i n manng t tak ty. i wantd t ay that im y at th way thng wkd

t wth th aag h pttn. i nd Anta shmdt a d-

a y d. bt t k k pp a jt ady t t t g.

That n, Jak, Wam ad, athgh t tany wa nt

n. H d t k at Wd. H wantd t an wth Ad-

a. Th wa a aty t h pn that h ndd. sh wa

ntnty d n th math that h na had dg ght d

nt nt h pam.

lk, Wam, Wd ntnd. Dnt gt m wng. im

wth y. i ndtand th a hty n ltt lan. W

ha a pat, and t wdnt ght t t t g k that, wth th

nap a ng. it w ak my hat t that aag h

tn dwn. bt w ha ytm n pa. r gnan.W ant jt gn th t yn n th tt.

Ada pt n hand n Wam thgh. What a pnt! h

ad. F, Wam, h payng, y gt t wath th.

bt Wam dnt . H y w ng th gp

n th math. An mag h aag h, dayng n Anta

shmdt akyad, n h mnd. it wa a at dngn. Dgnd y h wn gandath, dd n th pap

a n th mt xamp hng ahtt n th

untd stat. Wh th mn h gnatn damd


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makng th tn n ndty, Wam gandath damd

pt pa, m dgnd that wthn th wa

y am a tt n y, m apa and a.

That wa th knd d that an n Wam n. ind th

aag h, th wa n an m and a t nd

thk da am. enmpad y a hwn wd, th a

wa hhd. it hd pm. on n wa ndd nt a t-

t hap; th wa a nttng gam, n

th tt, n th aag m, n th w nt thatpkd p th t. otd, th hng w wht n th

dng, d gay n th , wathd y dad wnd.

it wa th knd h that ngd n a wndwpt ah,

nntng th tmt. Whn Wam wa a y, th wa a

tp n th w nt, pntd t th dwnh p

ltt lan. A hdn, h and Ada, t nd y px-

mty, payd pat n th t, yng th h nath

thm and yng t th aa yawp. What h akd n

gnd and ya, Ada mad p wth ty. on nng

h y nay t h ng th ak a mpatd

ap; Wam had t hd h hand a h had, n th

athda ght that td thgh th w nt, n d t

pnt atatph. That aag h, a t wa mantandn th day, npd Wam t g t ahtt h. it

wa a that mand n ltt lan h gandath at.

Th man h wa t at a ghtnng , and n th

dn, nghhd nant had a t qd th

nttn t ax-na. Th dn, ppy

xtd y Wam ath, that th aag h nAnta shmdt pt and. And nw th aag h, t,

had n ad y th nghhd aatn n th -

ad dmat mdty. Hw a t had an m t


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gna m! H hdn had n knwn t a t n wa. F

thm, t wa a apng , dnt-ntd, th wndw n th

w nt hattd and n pad.

Wam d h y. H t th p n h tt

dng. Wd, h ad, mmnng h , i w ay

th n, and thn i w wath my daght pay. My ganda-

th t that aag h. i Anta shmdt wd t m n

h ppty, id tak a th dnt pm. it a gddamn

ham. That aag h my amy. it hty.o t hty, Wd ad. bt t nt atay ht-

a, adng t th nty hta ty. H td h pam,

nnnt a a md y. im wth y, t a pdnt

th nghhd aatn, i ant jt gn th pttn.

Wam hadah had aatd. it tk hm that what

Wd wa dng amntd t aggaatd aat. Th w

aw pan anng th a h k, pt n th d

h n. H pd h tmp twn h thm and mdd

ng, thn td ng n Wd n na wd.

i wnt tak at th gddamn aag h, h ad. My

daght payng tnn. i y w, im gng t n that.

upn ttng th, h tnd ak t wath Dana, and h

a wnt nty nm.

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