The Possession of November Jones by Pat Herbert

Author:Pat Herbert [Herbert, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Dorothy rang the doorbell of number 15 Common Way, feeling a little apprehensive. Although she had dismissed Bernard’s warning of danger, she wasn’t entirely at ease. She had come up against negative psychic forces in the past and there had been danger, she couldn’t deny it. But at least she had some idea of what she was letting herself in for. She glanced around at the imposing building which, once upon a time, would have belonged to some well-to-do aristocrat, she supposed. Now it had been split into three flatlets, occupied by three young working couples. How times had changed.

November opened the door and smiled when she saw her. “Hello,” she said, then looked past her. “Is the reverend not with you?”

“No, dear. He’s busy tonight. But I think we can manage without him, don’t you?”

“Sure,” said November, looking disappointed. “I just thought you’d both come together. I’ve made tea specially.”

“I’m sorry, dear, that you got that impression. But I’m sure I can do justice to your tea.”

“Of course. Please come in,” said Nova. “Mike,” she called, as Dorothy followed her down the hallway. “Miss Plunkett’s here.”

“Please call me Dorothy, and may I call you November?”

“Nova’s best. November’s such a mouthful.”

“Nova it is then. There was a film star called Nova, I seem to remember. She played Lady Jane Grey back in the thirties. Nova Pilbeam. Pretty thing, she was. Only a teenager at the time. She looked a bit like you now I come to think of it.”

“Really?” said Nova. She had never been likened to a film star before, even one as obscure as this Pillock woman. She wasn’t all that flattered, especially as she didn’t know what she looked like. If Dorothy had said she resembled Audrey Hepburn, that would have been a different matter entirely.

Mike Farbon was in the sitting room awaiting his guest, with a full tray of food and tea beside him.

“Hello,” he greeted her. “Please come and have some tea. We’ve got scones and fairy cakes. Shop-bought, I’m afraid, so not up to the vicar’s standards. He gets very spoilt by that housekeeper of his, doesn’t he?”

Dorothy smiled, as she bit into a fairy cake which, she had to admit, wasn’t a patch on Nancy’s.

After tea, Dorothy asked them if they would like to hold a séance, even though there were only the three of them. It could be useful, she said, as she could already feel an alien presence and one that was very distressed indeed. Mike was all for it, but Nova was hesitant.

“I don’t know if we should,” she said. “I’ve been thinking it over. I thought it was a good idea when you suggested it, but it can unleash all sorts of things I’ve been told. Isn’t it best to leave well alone?”

“Only if you want to continue having sleepless nights, dear,” said Dorothy soothingly. “Besides, I don’t think we’ll do any harm by just touching hands and trying to contact the other side. After all, if there is an unhappy spirit in this house, it is here because it wants our help.

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