Murder Lies Waiting by Alanna Knight

Author:Alanna Knight [Knight, Alanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780749022143
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Sadie was still in bed where I had left her that morning. She opened her eyes as if it was too much of an effort:

‘Had a good day?’ Any further questions and my reply were cut short by a bout of coughing. When that subsided she smiled weakly, but said she was still feeling quite poorly.

I looked at a tray of untouched food. ‘Have you eaten anything today?’

She shook her head. ‘Don’t feel like eating, my throat’s too sore. Harry brought this and said bed was the best place for me. I should stay here until I felt better. And the rest would do me good,’ she added forlornly. ‘Harry is so concerned, he was so anxious—’

The rest was lost in another coughing bout. ‘Oh dear, Rose, I don’t know what’s wrong with me,’ she wailed. ‘I’m really feeling so awful, I’m not well.’ She looked far from well, and when I touched her forehead, it was hot.

She had a temperature. Harry had been right and I realised she had better remain where she was and hope that it would not get any worse.

In despair as I retreated to my own room to change out of my damp clothes, I had to face the fact that, in addition to the cancelled ferries, the possibility that Sadie was quite ill might conspire to make us remain in Bute, on an enforced stay longer than we intended.

I certainly couldn’t leave her here, and all thoughts of tracking down Ellen Boyd and those other loose ends regarding the Worths and Vantry, all ideas of solving a mystery disappeared rapidly from my mind, substituted by a grimmer picture. Jack and his parents arriving in an empty house, and Meg not prepared for school after the break.

I was hungry after my day’s activities. In the restaurant as I ordered supper, Harry came over. Gerald was at his side and regarded my damp curls ruefully.

‘A successful day?’ he said. ‘Did you enjoy St Blane’s despite the weather?’

Harry looked anxious and interrupted to ask: ‘Is Sadie feeling any better? I’ve looked in once or twice but she was sleeping and I didn’t want to disturb her. Sleep is the best cure for all ills. What did you think? Is she still feeling poorly?’

‘She is a bit under the weather.’ At this stage I preferred not to put into words my suspicions that she had a fever.

He nodded and said firmly: ‘You are not to worry, Mrs Macmerry. She can stay here until she’s feeling fitter.’ A glance at Gerald. ‘We will look after her. It need not change your plans to go home, as soon as the ferries are running again. Rest assured, we will take good care of her.’

I did not doubt that Harry would take care of her personally. He added that they had given her some medicine from the cupboard kept in the hotel for emergencies, powders for guests with bad colds and sore throats.

‘We’ll see how she is in the morning,’ he added consolingly.

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