Virginia found the metal file she needed in a
drawer of an old utility chest that had belonged to her mother and had served
as a tool chest for the last 18 months. She took it inside, found a clean
envelope and took down the pewter plate. She wouldn’t need much for her work,
just enough to take her back in spirit, to where she could meet Alison and the
others, and seek their help.
She gently swept the grey filings into the
envelope and sealed it. Then she made a snap decision. She would go over to
Kineburn, go up to the quarry and do the job properly. She could leave Phoebe
with her married daughter and then she wouldn’t have to worry about her barking
and growling at Freddy. She felt she would be able to summon up all her deepest
antipathy towards those she regarded as her enemies, if she were in the right
place. And of course, today was not just “Should Have Been Brexit Day”, it was
Halloween.
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