Come to Grief by Wendy M. Wilson

Author:Wendy M. Wilson [Wendy M. Wilson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wendy M. Wilson
Published: 2020-10-04T00:00:00+00:00

11

The Shepherd’s Hut

Sarah Jane was asleep when they rode up to the Brunton homestead; Mette leaned back against Frank with her eyes closed, but with a tight hold on the baby. He held them both close to his chest, breathing in their scent, relieved and happy to have his family with him again. Mette’s arrest meant nothing, really. They’d sort everything out and head to the Bluff, turn Hinton in to the police, and get the reward. Mette would send for Professor Mann’s manuscript from the post office in Fortrose and translate it, and they’d be flush with cash for the rest of the year.

He hated being broke. When Colonel Roberts had asked him if he was interested in following the suspected gold robbers, he’d been at the point of returning to the card tables to improve their circumstances. Honest labour hadn’t been working, and his horse farm up near Feilding had become a financial bog. The manager he’d hired was doing his best, but he was a new chum from England, not yet used to the ways of New Zealand. Two horses had died of the strangles, and Dead Shot’s offspring hadn’t been as successful as he’d expected. The filly looked good, but she had the wrong personality for a race horse. Too timid. He’d seen it before — offspring that didn’t take after their parents.

They rode up the dusty, poplar-lined driveway to the Brunton homestead, through a display of leaves that had turned yellow as autumn closed in.

The sound of hammers echoed down from the house, and a man in a carpenter’s leather apron could be seen in the yard, a pile of coffins beside him. Mr. Brunton sat nearby in a bath chair offering suggestions. Charles Brunton passed them in his wagon, heading towards the site of the wreck with a load of coffins. He nodded at them and continued on without speaking.

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