On the Edge by Peter Lovesey

Author:Peter Lovesey [Lovesey, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical, mystery, women warriors
ISBN: 9780754076872
Google: gf9vAAAACAAJ
Amazon: B001PIIHGK
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 2003-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

'Did your parents come up for the funeral?'

'Yes. They asked me to go home with them.'

'Why? Do they need looking after?'

'They were thinking of me.'

'You're lucky. They must be fond of you. My mother's impossible. Even Hector can't stand her.'

'Not true, Antonia.'

'Oh, get away with you, Hec. You complained of a headache last time and we had to leave early.' She picked up a slice of bread and started picking it to pieces. Rose, as she listened, quickly sensed that Antonia was at it again, manipulating people, but this time Hector seemed to be the target. 'This is fearfully boring for you, Rosie, but now that the subject of Ma has come up, I've got something to ask my husband. I had a letter from home this morning, dearest. It's about Lucky.'

Hector frowned. 'Lucky?'

'The dog, you chump.' She sighed and turned to Rose. 'If ever an animal was misnamed, it's this one. Ma collected it from the dogs' home when I was still a schoolgirl, that's how old it is. It was blind in one eye and she felt sorry for it. A cross between a buU terrier and a BedUngton, if you can imagine that. Pink eyes and white woolly hair. It's been nm over twice and has a metal splint in one leg. One of its ears was torn oflF in a fight and it went deaf in the air raids. Lucky!'

Hector nodded. 'First time I met this Lucky, he make water on my new shoes.'

'Thank you, dear heart. The dog has an um-eliable bladder to add to its miseries and Ma's, but I wasn't going to speak of it over dinner. The latest bulletin is that it's developed a chronic case of mange. The woolly coat is dropping Uke snow all over the house. Ma says she must face the inevitable.'

'He must go?'

'Poor old thing, yes. What's that song of Gracie Fields?-"Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye". - The thing is, she can't bear the thought of taking the old dog to the vet, so she wants me to go up there and do the necessary.'

Hector's eyebrows pricked up. 'Kill it?'

'Pass it over to the vet. She's in a frightful state about it.'

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