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2024-10-29 19:42:56“You are so welcome here, Mr. Frost. A visitor of great importance who arrived at Bradburtshire yesterday ad is staying at the Crest’s,” said the huge man in a booming voice.
He smiled warmly as he shook Nathan’s hand and then turned towards Susan to shake hers.
“I must be losing my manners, dear me, I should have greeted you first, Ms. Rollo, the delightful and enigmatic assistant to Mr. Frost. Mr. Frost’s brilliant aide-de-camp,” said the man with a charming smile. And Susan could not help but wonder if this man was Lord Billington.
“Lord Billington?” she queried in a small voice. Even after trying to be coquettish like Nathan had advised her, her voice came out stronger than to be expected. She tensed her hand hoping that it would crushed in that giant bear paw of his but instead he held her hand gently and squeezed it so
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“Calm down, Margaret,” said Olivia in a calm tone still standing there close to the door.“You shut up. You were not invited to this party,” lashed out Margaret and she was screaming at her sister. Susan could not understand what was the reason for this sudden display of violent temper and that too in front of guests. Young women of royal families were usually taught and brought up with more grace and poise than this.Margaret jumped up and advanced on her sister with her right fist already tightly wound to punch her sister in the stomach but Olivia did not move from where she was standing. Olivia was taller and had longer arms and before Margaret could touch her, she shot out her long arms and then placed her hands on Margaret’s shoulders and then gave her a violent shove. That made her fall back on to the chair and she ended up being sprawled on it.
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“I would like to take a walk on the moor,” Susan declared,” to get that damned horror story out of my mind in which Billington reveled in. There are more steps at the end of the terrace,” she finally said.“I shall come up with you,” said Nathan,” There is a stony ground higher up. Thankfully I have the motoring gloves and they will work just fine. Then in case we trip, we won’t at least rip our hands.”Susan marveled at his ahead thinking.They walked a long way across the recently trimmed grass and then the slope began. So did the rough ground, littered with stones of different colours. Susan wearing her gloves reached the edge of the moor first. Behind her, Nathan who had a very sensitive nose for different odours made a face.Susan eased her way along the narrow path between the tall gorse bushes
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This is getting to be familiar territory, Susan thought as they entered the corridor and turned to go towards the library. They knocked politely, turned the handle and then gradually descended down the steps. In his smoking jacket Lord Billington sat there crouched over a table occupied by the game of chess in progress. He frowned.“My dear chap. Welcome…. And also to you, Susan. The frown was about me being puzzled by the state of the game. Join me for a few moves, eh, Frost?” asked the earl.He waited for Nathan patiently as he toured the board from all angles. Sitting opposite to Billington, he moved one of his pawns. Billington looked perplexed.While waiting Nathan picked up the imposing Queen. He used a clean handkerchief to wipe off the wwaist a tiny mark. Then he placed her back on the board.“She is a heavy lady,”
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The dining room was very quiet. Few tables were occupied. Acheson was at a table inside a secluded alcove. He waved. As Nathan and Susan sat on either side of him he took out a package nicely wrapped with a bow and all out of the pocket of his tropical drill jacket, and handed it to Susan.“I have never been able to properly thank you for saving my life up on the moor.. Otherwise I would not be here tonight. Just a small gift,” said Acheson with a smile and gratitude shining in his eyes.Susan took it gingerly. It had been quite long that she had been presented with gifts from men. And now that she had it she was not sure any longer. She opened the gold wrapping paper which was gauzy and then the green soft coloured paper underneath and took out an expensive leather case.Taking a deep breath she unfastened the case and gasped.Inside was a
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The pleasant maid had cleared away the breakfast clutter that the three of them had made altogether, but Susan was still puzzled by Nathan’s reply. Another factor entered her mind, she looked across the bed where Nathan’s note pad was still open and Nathan was studying it.“Island of Roab. Could that be somewhere important? I mean, somewhere remote out in the Atlantic?”“All great minds think alike,” he smiled,” I was just wondering about that myself.”“And there is a strange item in the paper. Something about the Asiatic pirates who grabbed an oil tanker about a few months back, fully laden. Do you think that this could be connected with that?” asked Jane who was also trying to contribute in the best way that she could, given that she had missed out on a lot of the investigation in the past few days.
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The stranger strolled casually into the parking lot. It was dark and, despite the fact that it was Saturday and there were several bars around, the parking lot was not busy at 10:45. She would be getting out of the library soon and he wanted to be ready for her. He slipped a small screwdriver from his pocket and knelt by her license plate. He quickly removed the one screw, catching her spare key as it fell to the ground. He replaced the screw and let himself into her car. In the back seat he took a few other things out of his pocket; a small cloth, folded thick, a tiny bottle, a gag and some lengths of rope. He grinned. She was going to be surprised. He settled himself to wait. Another 10 minutes and her work would be done. He must've dozed because the pinging of her remote starter startled him and he almost sat upright. He slouched down further as the locks popped up. "Lazy bitch," he thought. "What's so hard about turning the
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Susan looked at his expression of listening to every word she said had returned. She concluded finally the story with her walking away from the cottage with the crooked chimney and she had already earlier told about Jane’s rescue.“I am sorry,” said Susan,” I should have never take the risk without…”But Nathan was fuming and he could not help any longer. He finally burst out.“Wrong!!” he exploded. “ You were right and I have been a fool from the very beginning not hearing what you had to say. Have I not told you earlier that any of my members of the team that they must use their initiative? Which you have done and I must say that you have done successfully and admirably. And I am glad that you did not wait for the team and brought Jane back yourself. Otherwise we would have been missing a very crucial piece of information
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“I think we ought to have a full breakfast up here,” said Nathan as he picked up the phone and said,” I am ordering it.” His voice was firm.“Won’t the landlord think that it is funny that I am in your suite so early?” she ventured.“Mr. Barnie has been running this place long enough, I am sure. So in his time it is an honest thing that he must have seen or he will be quite used to serving breakfasts to men who have spent night with a lady friend.. Par for the course.”Over the phone he ordered for a huge breakfast for three people, to be served in twenty minutes. Tea, more coffee, a carafe of creamer, since Jane took hers with cream and sweet, toasts, marmalade, scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, toasted muffin…“We will both be in a fighting fit after that,” he said refilling Susan&rs
