This rough magic by Mary Stewart

Author:Mary Stewart [Stewart, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novela, Intriga
Publisher: ePubLibre
Published: 1991-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

11

A difficult afternoon

I slept very late that day. Phyllida woke me when she let the bright sunlight into the room. It was midday.

‘It’s about time, too,’ she said. ‘I’ve brought you some coffee. Oh, yes. Godfrey phoned.’

I sat up quickly, and Phyllida looked surprised. ‘What did he want?’ I asked.

‘He wanted to know if you were safe and had the ring, of course.’ Phyllida held up her hand. The diamond ring was back on her finger. ‘And what time did you get in? What happened?’ she continued.

Quickly I told Phyllida something about the night’s events, but not about Spiro, of course, nor about Sir Julian.

Phyllida listened with interest, but then she looked at her watch and cried, ‘Good heavens! I’ll have to hurry. I’m going into town to have my hair done and to do some shopping. I thought I’d have lunch there, too. Do you want to come with me?’

‘When are you leaving?’ I asked.

‘In about twenty minutes,’ she replied.

Just then the phone rang. ‘Oh, that’ll be Godfrey again. He was going to ask you to have lunch with him, I think. What shall I tell him?’

I said, ‘Say I’m in the bathroom and I can’t come to the phone, and tell him that I’m going out with you. Ask him to call me tonight.’

‘Then you are coming with me?’ asked Phyllida.

‘No. I’ll just rest today, and go to the beach later,’ I said.

‘OK,’ replied my sister, and she went to answer the telephone.

After an early lunch, I told Miranda that I was going down to the bay, and I went to get my swimming things. I wasn’t going there, of course, in case Godfrey saw me, but I was hoping to see Adoni in the garden of the Castello to find out if Max and Spiro had got away safely.

But when I came out of my room, Miranda was waiting for me. Adoni had sent a message to say that all was well.

‘Did he tell you about the dolphin?’ I asked Miranda.

‘Yes,’ she replied.

‘That’s all right, then. Thanks, Miranda,’ I said, and left the house.

I went towards the woods, and when I got there, I left the path and climbed higher. I sat down in the shade and tried to read my book, but I couldn’t. From where I sat I couldn’t see the Castello, but I could see the roof of the Villa Rotha. I could also see the Villa Forli in the distance below me. And then I saw what I had expected to see. Godfrey was coming along the path. He didn’t go down to the bay, but he stood there looking out towards the sea. He seemed to be looking for someone on the beach or out at sea. He looked towards the Forli house, and, for a moment, I thought he was going to make his way towards it. But he turned and went back along the path.

Soon afterwards I saw his boat slide quietly out of the Castello boat-house where he kept it.

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