Rafferty's Legacy by Jane Corrie

Author:Jane Corrie [Corrie, Jane]
Language: nld
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373021598
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1978-05-14T22:00:00+00:00

gentle voice that told her that he knew what she was thinking. 'I brought a fair number of the folk in this town into the world, and there's not much I don't get to know about, some time or other.'

Her gaze centred on her fingers clenched tightly together in her lap. 'Of course,' she murmured in a low voice.

Now don't worry about it,' soothed the doctor. 'We'll let old mother nature take care of things. Only when you're good and read,y will the puzzle fall into place. There's just one thing, though,' he added, his eyes studying the blotting pad on his desk. 'I want you to think very carefully before you commit yourself in any way—leave things as they are until you're back to normal again,' he advised her solemnly.

His pale blue eyes met Teresa's startled ones, and she was in no doubt as to what he meant. He had said he knew everything, hadn't he? Was this Carl's doing? she wondered.

Again the doctor correctly interpreted her thoughts, and gave her a wry smile. 'You don't want to listen to the local gossip,' he said in a half-amused tone, 'a lot of it is envy. If a man's wealthy, they call him lucky. It never occurs to them to think how he came by his wealth—or that he had to work for what he has. Given the same opportunities most of them would fail, simply because they hadn't the know-how, or couldn't be bothered to learn it; those are the ones that call themselves unlucky.'

Teresa knew that it was Carl Elton the doctor was talking about. Did her uncle come under the heading of the envious ones or the 'unlucky' ones? she

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