Christmas at Greenoak by Marty Wingate

Author:Marty Wingate [Wingate, Marty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marty Wingate
Published: 2019-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

“‘That’s the badger’ is what he said,” Pru explained to Christopher at dinner that evening. “But we were talking about a plant, not an animal.”

“It’s an old West Country saying,” her husband replied. “It means ‘That’s the one’ or ‘That’s exactly what I was looking for.’ ”

“I’m not entirely sure he was supposed to be selling at the market,” Pru said with a glance at Christopher. “He pretty much disappeared when the manager showed up. And I wanted to invite him for Christmas dinner, but I didn’t have the chance.”

“Perhaps he has plans already.”

“He was eating a leftover sausage for his dinner,” she said, putting her elbow on the table and her chin in her hand. “He was dressed all in sheepskin,” she added, “from his head to his foot.”

Christopher watched her for a moment, and then asked, “What’s his name?”

“Alf.”

“Does he have a second name?”

“He didn’t offer it,” she said. “And I didn’t really have a chance to ask. “Now, how will I find him? It was the last day of the market.”

That hit home in more ways than one. The next day was Christmas Eve, and that meant Pru needed to turn her attention to the following day’s feast. Before they went to bed, she retrieved Evelyn’s compendium of dinner instructions from the drawer in the Welsh dresser, and set the stack on the table. In the morning, she would read them through.

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