The Only Man Left in College on Christmas-Day

"The Only Man Left in College on Christmas-Day" follows Charley, an Oxford student who vows to sacrifice the holidays for serious study — only to watch his two companions desert him one by one on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. Alone in the vast, lamp-lit dining hall with a plum-pudding decorated with holly and a sulky scout, Charley wages a losing battle against loneliness, nostalgia, and the vivid memory of family gatherings, mistletoe, and a certain Helen Clifford.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.