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Ben appeared beside theet her onto the horse and in Barnaby’s arainst hiuided the horse back toward town

An hour and a half later they found Reg waiting for them on the outskirts of town

“It’s about tiood-naturedly “This way”

Curiously, Barnaby followed The trail they took led the circles to the point that Barnaby was glad Rose had fallen asleep If he hadn’t already memorised the layout of the town he would have been hopelessly lost but, twenty minutes later, he knew exactly where they were but still had no idea what his colleagues had planned

The huge shipping barn was only half-full of goods waiting for transportation inland Surely they didn’t expect him and Rose to travel on the back of a cart with rolls of s of brandy, did they?

Prepared to refuse, Barnaby reluctantly followed theh space inside for theues to deal with later It also kept the told them about his plan

“Right, I a to be a little tricky but, if you bear with us, we can get you to where you need to go and then you can relax a little,” Reg said without preamble

“What are we going to do?” Barnaby de told hi

“This way,” Reg replied He nodded toward the huge doors on the side of the building When he opened one of them, it was a surprise to see just how close to the dock-side the building actually was

Barnaby’s brows lifted He looked at Rose as yawning sleepily and eased a supportive arm around her waist

“You need to rest,” he otten

“I aht,” she assured him “I can do this”

She had no idea what they expected her to do but if it

“You need to change your clothing first,” Reg said He e plank of wood beside the door and pointed to two neatly wrapped packages “I auess your size, ma’am, but I can assure you that the attire that has been chosen is perfect for your purposes on the other end of this journey That is all I can say right now”

“Wait” Barnaby lifted a hand to halt his colleague and pierced hi us”