Dark Castle by Anne Mather

Author:Anne Mather
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-29T21:27:48+00:00

'Jonas cut his hand? Nothing serious, I hope.' 'I - I don't think so. It was on a - on a glass. He's got two stitches in his palm - and he was so tired - and he f said you probably wouldn't mind—'

She was stumbling on, hot and embarrassed, unable to think of any good reason why they should be here. But Mrs. Hunter merely patted her hand and began to climb the steps and Julie had to accompany her.

'Bless you, child, I don't mind,' she said reassuringly. 'I'm always glad of the company. Since the boys got married or moved away, this house often seems empty. But I don't understand. You've been up in Scotland, you say? Staying with Jonas?'

Julie's cheeks burned. 'In - in a manner of speaking, yes.'

Mrs. Hunter shrugged, obviously perplexed, but they had reached the entrance hall and as she closed the door behind them Jonas came out of the room to their left. The cases were standing at the foot of the stairs and rather than look at them Julie looked rather desperately round the attractive hallway. Cream paper looked good against dark wood, and the apple green carpet spread into every corner and up the stairs.

Apparently deciding that explanations could wait until later, Mrs. Hunter moved towards him saying: 'Have you had anything to eat? You look positively worn out!'

'No.' Jonas shook his head. He had shed his black leather driving coat and in the navy suede suit and cream shirt he looked pale and heavy-eyed, but no less attractive, thought Julie bitterly. 'Er - Julie was sick earlier. I don't think she should have anything heavy.'

'I'm all right.' Julie had to say something. She unfastened the jacket of her suit. 'Do you think I could have a wash? I feel filthy.'

'Of course, of course.' Mrs. Hunter switched on the upstairs lights. 'You know where the bathroom is. I'll come up in a minute and make up the bed - beds.' She pressed her lips together. 'You can come into the kitchen with me, Jonas, and tell me what you've been doing.'

Guessing that Jonas would explain the situation to his mother, Julie went thankfully up the stairs. The bathroom was large and old-fashioned, but the plumbing was not. There was plenty of hot water and warm towels and it was marvellous to wash away the grime of the journey and comb out her hair. The sleep she had had, had refreshed her, and she found the thought of food was not as distasteful as it had been several hours ago. It was strange being in this house again, though. She and Jonas had stayed here lots of times before. She had always got along well with his mother, and his father too, when he was alive. His brothers, three of them, and all younger than Jonas, had usually been away at college, and later two of them had married and the third had become an archaeologist and spent most of his time on some dig or other.

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