The Spellbinder (Tom & Laura Series) by John Booth

Author:John Booth [Booth, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: John Booth Enterprises
Published: 2012-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19 Death on the Tide

Later that evening Sir Ernest Trelawney received a message that so incensed him that he called his secretary into his office to discuss it with her.

They sat down around the coffee table, Belinda making herself comfortable and sorting out her knitting.

“You will not believe what the Prime Minister has done.” Trelawney waved a message at her as though its import might somehow be conveyed to her by semaphore.

“Nothing that Henry does would surprise me in the slightest,” Belinda. “But pray tell me, exactly what has the 3rd Viscount Palmerston done to vex you this time.”

“The Prime Minister has moved his annual trip to Hobsgate forward two weeks to this weekend, and worse, he will be taking Bertie with him.”

“The Prince of Wales? Why, are his studies going so badly?” Belinda was well aware of a number of the minor failings of Prince Albert Edward first-born son of Queen Victoria and Heir to the Throne.

“No, well yes, but that isn’t the reason. Bertie is determined to enter the army despite all advice. It was hoped that by showing him how important government work is that he might be dissuaded. Palmerston has decided that his visit to Hobsgate would be just the thing for him. Not that Palmerston should be going there in the first place. You know how hard I tried to stop him.” Trelawney subsided into silence with a grunt of annoyance.

Belinda waited, because as an Empath she could tell there was more to come. Empaths make excellent listeners.

“There is a girl involved. Of course, there is always a girl with Bertie. Eighteen years old and the boy is not controlled by his mind in the slightest, his blood is usually occupying somewhere lower in his body. The Queen and Albert wanted him distracted for a while and the best they could do was Palmerston.”

“And you? What does your talent tell you?” The fact that Trelawney was a Grade 3 Precog was not well known. It was something he had kept as a tightly held secret for a number of years, even going so far as to destroy ministry records to protect the information.

“That there is massive event coming soon. The exact same thing that my more talented Precogs have been telling me. Much is happening that I don’t understand. Why did I sent those two young people to Hobsgate, for example. But it seems I will be going to Hobsgate, along with the Prime Minister and the Heir, and I’d like you to come too.”

“It’s been said that even you don’t know where Hobsgate is?” Belinda was genuinely curious.

“That is true; I must have had a romantic flush. God knows, spying is ninety five percent boredom, so why not? I thought it would be fun for the students if it was hidden. I entrusted someone to select someone they trusted to set it up, including the team that organizes the railway travel to it. And I’ve never seen the need to visit. It’s only a training school and not very important in the grand scheme of things.

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