Jane Vows Vengeance by Michael Thomas Ford

Author:Michael Thomas Ford [Michael Thomas Ford]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780345524379
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2012-02-27T13:00:00+00:00

Saturday: Edinburgh

“DOES IT EVER NOT RAIN IN SCOTLAND?”

Jane looked up at the sky, which was filled with dark clouds. She was wearing a blue raincoat and red rain hat purchased minutes ago from the shop outside which she stood with Walter, Lucy, and Ben. Somehow she had forgotten her rain gear in Ireland, and so had been forced to buy new things. The hat was a bit too large for her, and the brim hung down all the way around. She felt ridiculous, but at least she was dry.

“You look like Paddington bear,” Ben remarked. “Sarah has one, and he’s wearing the same getup.”

“All you need is a tag that says PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS JANE,” Lucy joked.

“Very funny,” Jane snapped, although secretly she rather liked the idea of resembling Paddington. I ought to get some red Wellies, she thought. I wonder if they have them in my size.

The sound of laughter caught her attention and she turned to see Miriam exiting the shop with Lilith. The Chihuahua was wearing a tiny blue raincoat very similar to Jane’s. A little red hat was perched on her head, and on her three paws were wee red booties.

“Oh, Mother,” said Walter, looking sympathetically at Lilith.

“She hates the rain,” Miriam said.

“I do not,” said Lilith, although of course only Jane heard her. “I’m quite fond of the rain, actually. She just thinks I look cute in this ridiculous getup.”

Now ready to brave the elements, the group began to walk through the city. Everyone had been left to their own devices for the early part of the morning, with instructions to meet at their next location precisely at ten o’clock. Jane had not yet told Lucy about her strange experience in the elevator, and it didn’t look like she would have time until later. Lucy and Ben were skipping the house tour and instead going to the National Museum of Scotland, where Ben wanted to see the exhibit of the Lewis Chessmen. They would reconvene for dinner at seven at a restaurant selected by Enid.

Miriam, to Jane’s dismay, had elected to join the tour, and so it was that at a few minutes before ten Walter, Miriam, and Jane walked up to the front of the Chewgristle Playhouse, where they met the rest of the group—with the exception of Chumsley, who, like Ben and Lucy, had elected to instead visit the museum. His absence had apparently put Enid in a bit of a mood, which at first seemed odd until Jane realized that by not being there Chumsley was depriving Enid of a chance to show off.

“The Chewgristle Playhouse was built in 1867 by my great-great-great-great-grandfather, Laird Birral,” Enid said as she posed on the steps of the theater. “At the time it was the most majestic theater in all of Scotland.”

“That’s all very well, but can we go inside?” Brodie’s booming voice carried over Jane’s head. “In case you haven’t noticed, it’s raining cats ’n’ dogs out here.”

Enid set her mouth in a grim line.

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