The Toast Maker – Episode 10: The Wednesday Walk

The Toast Maker — Episode 10 By Eliza Hartley Tonight's reading is free. Over 500 more — and every new one first — are on Sleepbound Premium. Free for 7 days, cancel any time.→ Supercast: sleepboundstudios.supercast.com→ Patreon: patreon.com/c/SleepBound Welcome back to Little Darlow — to frost on the rooftops and a cold so clean it smells of nothing at all. When we left Iris last time, Tom had just moved into her spare room. Two cups on the draining board. A domestic life, quietly beginning. Tonight she steps out of the cottage entirely: she's walking Mr Pritchard to his surgery appointment on a sharp November morning, escaping — gratefully — a debate between Tom and Dave about the correct philosophy of nails. Along the way, there's a goodbye kiss so casual it barely registers. A robin on a gatepost. A toddler in the waiting room who has very strong opinions about his toy car. And then a bakery, a sausage roll, and thirty years of Wednesday routines that say far more about quiet loneliness and love than Mr Pritchard would ever put into words. Episode 10 is gentle and unhurried — exactly the kind of Wednesday morning worth settling in for. She'd felt something settle in her chest that she couldn't have named — but didn't need to. Thank you for being here, and for making The Toast Maker possible. Find the full series on YouTube and at headphonesaudiobooks.com/nights. And if you know someone who could use a slow Wednesday morning — Patreon is always open. Sleep well. Includes mentions of: Medical appointments, Cold weather, Food, Beverages, Mention of loss, Mild romance.