The garden party

The Garden Party and Sixpence, by Katherine Mansfield
Adapted by David A. Hill
Recording in British English

In The Garden Party, Laura is excited about her mother’s annual garden party until she discovers that a man has died close to the family’s home.

In Sixpence, when Dicky, an active, exuberant young boy, accidentally breaks a plate, is his mother her usual understanding self, or does she give in to interfering Mrs Spears’ pressure to punish him?