The family react differently to Walter's death. Richard comes to London. Calypso and Richard visit Sophy at school in Cambridge. Oliver and Hector meet in N.Africa. The twins' posting upsets Polly.

Summer 1939 and cousins Calypso, Polly, Walter, Oliver and Sophy gather in their Uncle Richard’s Cornwall home. They stretch out on the camomile lawn, breathing its sweet scent, gossiping, laughing ...

As she discovers the joy of early mornings, Kate Young re-reads Mary Wesley’s war-time novel – and recreates a dish relished by its characters in their last idyllic summer By Kate Young for The Little ...