The Time of the Hunter's Moon by Victoria Holt

Author:Victoria Holt
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9781402277528
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: 2013-07-01T12:00:00+00:00

It was a sad household at Moldenbury. Teresa would have been very gratified to see how we missed her.

Aunt Patty said: “Never mind. She’ll be here for summer and those are the long holidays.”

“We shan’t see her again,” said Violet prophetically.

Everyone in the village asked where she was. I had not realized what a part of the household she had become. We decorated the church with daffodils and I was regretful thinking of how she would have enjoyed that. The hot cross buns did not seem nearly such a treat as they would have done had she been there.

“She loved it so much here,” I said, “and she made us all realize how fortunate we are to have each other.”

“I always knew that, dear,” said Aunt Patty, solemn for once.

I went for long walks and thought about Marcia Martindale on the Continent with Jason Verringer. I imagined them on the canals of Venice, strolling beside the Arno in Florence, riding down the Champs Élysées, visiting the Colosseum in Rome…all places I longed to visit.

I thought rather maliciously: They are worthy of each other, and I am sure they will get all the happiness they deserve.

It was the day after Easter Monday, in the mid-afternoon, and I was in the sitting room reading when I heard the gate click. I got up and looked out of the window. Teresa was coming up the drive carrying a suitcase.

I dashed out. “Teresa!” I cried.

She flew at me and we hugged each other.

“Whatever are you doing here?” I asked.

“I just came,” she replied. “I got on a train and came. I couldn’t stand it any longer.”

“But what of the cousins?”

“I left a note for them. They’ll be glad. I was such a nuisance to them.”

“Oh, Teresa,” I cried, trying to sound stern but only conveying my pleasure.

I called up the stairs. “Aunt Patty. Violet. Come down at once.”

They came running. For a few seconds they stared at Teresa. Then she flung herself at them and the three of them were in a sort of huddle while I stood looking on and laughing.

I said: “It’s really rather awful. She’s just walked out on the cousins, leaving a note.”

Aunt Patty was trying not to laugh and even Violet was smiling.

“Well, I never!” said Aunt Patty.

“She just packed a suitcase and came.”

“All that way by herself,” said Violet, looking shocked.

“She’s nearly seventeen,” I reminded them.

“I knew the way,” said Teresa. “I had to go to London first. That was the tricky part. But the guard was helpful. He showed me.”

“What about those cousins?” asked Violet. “They’ll be out of their minds with worry.”

“With relief,” said Teresa.

“And you just left a note,” I said.

Teresa nodded.

“I’ll write to them immediately explaining that you arrived safely and I’ll ask their permission to let you stay for the rest of the holiday,” I said.

“I shan’t go back if they say No,” said Teresa firmly. “I couldn’t bear to think of you all eating hot cross buns without me.” She turned to Violet.

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