When Midnight Comes by Beryl Matthews

Author:Beryl Matthews [Beryl Matthews]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780749023454
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2017-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

‘I’m getting stronger every day, so you don’t have to stay here any longer, Father.’ Harry paced over to the window, restless now he was well on the way to full recovery. ‘You have already neglected your own estate for long enough in order to help me.’

‘I have an excellent estate manager, as you know, and he will inform me of any problems. I don’t want to leave until the culprit has been caught.’ He studied his son with pride and relief. When he had returned home he had been grief-stricken and angry, but he had worked his way through those emotions and was, once again, the son he remembered.

Harry turned and smiled. ‘I must admit it is good to have you here, but stay only if it is all right.’

‘We’ll see this through together, just as we have always done. I wonder how Joe is getting on?’

‘Waiting is hard, but Joe is the best there is at this kind of thing. I’m certain he will come back with some useful information.’

‘This is a nasty business when there is a suspicion that one of your own family is trying to kill you.’ Charles grimaced. ‘But if it isn’t him, then I don’t know who it could be. What we need is Chrissie here with her crystal ball.’

‘You don’t really believe she can tell fortunes, do you?’

‘I keep an open mind. All I know is she told me you were nearly home, and before leaving she warned you of danger. You know when I first spoke to her I felt there was something special about her. Life must have been hard for her, but she was not ashamed of her background. You accepted her for what she was. Can you imagine what it must have been like for her when her father died, and she was turned out of their hovel with no money and nowhere to go? But she had a dream to live in the country, and she set about getting here any way she could. What a brave, remarkable girl.’

‘And I turned her away. Adam hasn’t been able to find her. He tracked her to that farm, but after that it is as if she just vanished. She’s either a long way away by now or right under our noses and we are not looking in the right places.’

‘Perhaps Joe will have more luck once he’s gathered what information he can from Bath.’

‘Maybe.’ Harry ran a hand through his hair and sighed quietly. ‘I’m going to have a look at the horses.’

‘I’ll come with you.’

He grinned at his father. ‘I’m not going to ride yet, I promise.’

Both men walked out to the stables, and all the staff stopped and smiled with pleasure at seeing Harry up and about again.

‘Good to see you, Major,’ Bert said. ‘The mares have settled in. They are magnificent animals and we should get fine foals from them.’

‘I’m sure we will. How are the two boys behaving?’

‘Oh, well, you know what they are like.

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