The Diney Costeloe Collection by Diney Costeloe
Author:Diney Costeloe [Costeloe, Diney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786695185
Publisher: Head of Zeus Ltd.
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Adelaide returned to Albert carrying a small cardboard suitcase. Again her train journey was trouble-free, and it was with relief that she met the Launays as arranged in a café close to the market. They did not ask her where she had been, or whom she had met. They all knew that it was safer for them to know nothing. Gerard simply put Sunshine between the shafts and they set off home together through the early twilight.
By the time she kept the appointment with Marcel at Madame Juliette’s, Adelaide had her whole plan mapped out. Marcel greeted her with a kiss on either cheek, and, having poured them each a glass of wine the three of them sat round the table in Madame Juliette’s kitchen. Adelaide told them how she had got on.
“The priest is prepared to take the children and has provided a cassock for Joseph Auclon’s disguise. As soon as I can get the twins to him, he will move them on. As far as the parents are concerned, if they can reach him safely, he will do his best for them. He’ll tell them where the children are, but they won’t be reunited with them in the foreseeable future. It’s too dangerous.”
“Supposing the parents won’t let the children go?” suggested Marcel.
“I’m sure they will when they realise that it may be the only way to save their lives,” Juliette said. “They’ll put their children first.”
“I’m going to tell them this evening, after I leave here,” Adelaide said. “And then I hope to take the first child tomorrow. How did you get on with the ration cards, Marcel? Any luck?”
“More than I’d expected,” Marcel said. “If you can call it luck. A little lad called Olivier Costeau died of diphtheria a couple of weeks ago. He was only four. When I explained what we needed, his parents gave me his identity card and his ration card. The picture probably isn’t very like the Auclon boys. What colour is their hair?”
“Dark,” replied Adelaide.
“Good. So was Olivier’s, so it may be better than nothing.” Marcel held out the documents and Adelaide took them, looking carefully at the photograph. She forced from her mind that she was looking at the picture of a dead four-year-old, and concentrated on the use to which his papers could be put.
“It’s a grainy picture of a little boy,” she said, passing it across to Juliette. “If we part the Auclon boys’ hair on the same side and make the front stand up in that little quiff, they might pass muster provided the papers are only given a cursory glance. It’s worth a try anyway.”
Juliette nodded. “Best we can do,” she said, “and certainly better than being without any.”
Marcel then produced a parcel wrapped in brown paper. “I’ve got these, too,” he said. “Some of Olivier’s clothes.” He passed them over to Adelaide. “His parents said that they hoped they would be of use to some other boy now.”
Adelaide unwrapped the parcel. There were two sets of good sturdy clothing and two pairs of shoes.
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