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CHAPTER 6

Author: Emma Swan
last update Last Updated: 2021-11-02 00:27:41

“Mmm... You won’t have seen it as you drove in. It’s on the other side of the estate. I’m living there at the moment and I’ve arranged with Mrs. Elliott, who used to be my cousin’s housekeeper when he lived there, for a room to be prepared for you. J.J. mentioned that you’d probably be working here for a number of months and he and I agreed that in view of Elsinore’s distance from the nearest town, and the fact that he has warned me that you like to keep a very keen eye on the budgets, it makes sense for you to stay at the Rectory rather than waste time and money hunting around for alternative accommodation.”

“Wow! Did you now? Still deciding on my behalf…” she whispered this last part more for herself than him.

“Yes. Especially since it seems that there could be occasions when you might have to travel abroad to check on work you’ve set in progress at other Trust properties.”

          Well, what he said made sense

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Good one Emma! They need to talk
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