Cape Fear by John D. MacDonald

Author:John D. MacDonald [MacDonald, John D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780449131909
Amazon: 0449131904
Publisher: Fawcett
Published: 2006-04-25T05:00:00+00:00

“All our campers are carefully supervised, Mr. Bowden. They’re busy every moment of the day. Lightsout is strictly enforced, and we have a very competent night watchman who makes a tour of the entire camp area four times a night. We permit all wearers of the Minnatalla merit button to go into Shadyside on Saturday afternoons. One of the staff supervises the junior campers, but the senior girls can ” Sam interrupted, sensing how he must deal with Teller.

“She has been coming here for some time. This is her fourth year. I imagine that I am almost as familiar with all these details as you are. Nancy is not to go into Shadyside at any time.”

Teller looked pained.

“But surely that is unfair to the child, Mr. Bowden. When she sees others being given permission ” “Nancy is perfectly willing to forego those trips.

She is… mature enough to recognize the fact she may be harmed.”

Teller flushed.

“I do not know how wise it is to frighten a child, Mr. Bowden.”

“I haven’t made a special study of it myself. Are we in agreement? No trips to Shadyside for Nancy?”

“Yes, Mr. Bowden. I’m sure that if she has any errands, she can find someone who will be willing to make purchases for her.”

“I’m sure she can find a couple of dozen who will be willing. She’s not an unpopular child.”

“I’m sure of that.”

The situation at Gannatalla was more reassuring.

After Jamie was unloaded and fed into the schedule, Sam looked up Mr. Menard. He recognized Sam from the previous year.

“Hello, Mr. Bowden. Glad to have Jamie back.”

“I wanted to talk to you about ” “A possible kidnapping deal? Tommy Kent gave me the word. I’ve advised everybody on the staff. I told them how to handle it. We won’t treat Jamie differently than we treat anybody else. But, without being obvious about it, we’re going to keep a special eye on him, and be on the lookout for anybody hanging around. We don’t want you people worrying about him. There’s no need to. And I’m going to talk to him about how he can cooperate.”

“I certainly appreciate this. Over there at the female department, Mr. Teller made me feel as if he thought I was making the whole thing up.”

“Bert is new and he’s taking himself a little seriously right now. He was a playground supervisor. Actually, he’s a lot better with kids than you’d expect. The kids will whip him into shape in a week, and as soon as I get a chance, I’ll have a little talk with him.”

“I’ll appreciate that very much. This sort of thing. isn’t very good for the nerves.”

“Anybody who goes after a man’s kids hits him where he lives. God knows there’s enough things to worry about that can happen to them accidentally. My pet nightmare is one of them drowning. I keep the staffers counting heads every minute of the swim periods.”

“Tommy Kent seems to be a good kid.”

“I’ll let you know in a month. We get so many that start out just fine.

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