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“Ah” The old man shuffled his work boots “You don’t know our Caroline It et the pers done on her schedule And she wants the work to start today”

“Why are you ripping up the hall carpet?” Mitch was banging around with the coffee machine “We only want to renovate theplace”

The s around in the pocket of his shabby white overalls and came out with a crumpled piece of paper

“It doesn’t say anything here about renovation This is a restoration job Caroline herself told et the castle back into its natural state as fast as possible She said, ‘Get rid of the ugly carpet and unearth the s, and while you’re at it find a rubbish du orders” He shoved the paper back into his pocket “Don’t worry We knoe’re doing We’re the crew that helped Caroline restore Macgregor’s folly a while back You don’t need to worry; the place will soon look like a proper castle”

Josh stared at the man “But I like it the way it is All I need is a sound room”

The oldthat up with Caroline She said she was in charge of the project and we take our orders from her”

“I own the damn castle,” Josh pointed out

“Ah” The old man nodded “But you don’t own Caroline No offence, but I’ her orders until I hear otherwise”

With that, he put his cap back on and went off down the hall Josh stared after him

“She’s restoring the castle,” he said, more to himself than anyone else

Mitch ca, ‘I’ll do it for the castle, what I say goes, you can’t interfere’ And you said, ‘Done’” Mitch took a long gulp of scalding coffee “As your friend, ain that t

his is one of your more insane ideas”

“Can she do this?” Josh felt bewildered

Somebody shouted “timber” and there was a loud crash

“She is doing this,” Mitch pointed out