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‘Victorian – I purchased it from the Earl of Bute’s estate’

‘No, I meant how much is it worth?’

‘Whatever so to pay for it,’ Cornelius replied as they reached the front door

‘Don’t forget to letI can do to help’

‘How kind of you, Elizabeth,’ he said, opening the door to find the estate agent ha FOR SALE Cornelius s that had stopped Elizabeth in her tracks

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Frank Vintcent arrived on the Thursday evening, carrying a bottle of cognac and two pizzas

‘If I’d realised that losing Pauline was to be part of the deal, I would nev

er have agreed to go along with your plan in the first place,’ Frank said as he nibbled at his e without her?’

‘Rather badly,’ Cornelius adh she still drops in for an hour or two every evening Otherwise this place would look like a pigsty Come to think of it, how do you cope?’

‘As a bachelor,’ Frank replied, ‘you learn the art of survival froet on with the game’

‘Which game?’ enquired Cornelius with a chuckle

‘Chess,’ replied Frank ‘I’ve had enough of the other game for one week’

‘Then we’d better go through to the library’

Frank was surprised by Cornelius’s openingNeither of theain for over an hour,to defend his queen