Tagged again :-)

So, the thing about playing tag is that sometimes you get tagged back again. This always used to happen to me at school because I wasn't fast enough to run away, or - occasionally - because didn't realise we were still playing (yep, I was one of those kids who could get side-tracked by a passing cloud - I still can!)

Teralyn at A Writer's Journey tagged me during the A-Z Challenge, so I thought it would be a great post for today. Thanks, Teralyn!

I did The Lucky 7 Meme here, and now I'm going to do it again with my current WIP.

If you haven't heard about this before, here are The Rules:

1. Go to page 77 of your current MS/WIP.
2. Go to line 7.
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. No cheating.
4. Tag 7 authors.
5. Let them know.

 Okay, you know that bit about not cheating? Well, I had to. This excerpt comes from page 76, because 77 gave too much away. The character's name has a significance, so apologies if it seems weird here, it's explained in the story. Anyway, here it is:
 

       How dare she! How dare she! Miss Isla Pertwee, of all the people at this atrocious place. How dare she make him look so foolish! In front of everyone.

       They’d laughed. At him! They’d turned and pointed and laughed, and then – worst of all, the very worst thing of all – they’d tutted, disparagingly, and walked away. From him! From Abraham Zephaniah Andrews!

            Now, right now, as he sat there at that table by the window, people were whispering about him from behind the shelves, peering at him through gaps in rows of books. 

I'm not going to tag anyone because after so many of you have just completed the A-Z Challenge I know everyone's feeling a bit shellshocked and trying to get back down to Earth. Consider yourself tagged if you'd like to share an excerpt - it's quite liberating sharing something so brief!