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CHAPTER ONE

'I'm very sorry, Mrs Malcol objections I thought you'd be pleased After all, it's quite an honour'

It was difficult to sed it fairly credibly The woman was obviously bewildered and upset, and who could blame her? Of course she'd had no idea, the person as to blame had made very sure of that!

'It's all right, Mrs Carht be wise to check with the child's parents before undertaking such an ambitious scheme,'

'But I thought I had I mean, Mrs Malcolm… Mrs Malcol frory face to the proudly set one of her mother-in-law

'I can iinia Malcol stare

'I really a aardly froentility of the sone, and Clare's anger suddenly drained away in syinia was a genius at creating

'I know you ed another sht behind the action It's just that I think Ti in public bring'

'Oh, but he enjoyed it He wasn't nervous at all Excited, yes, but not frightened And a Master Class isn't really a public performance—'

'As I said, I appreciate the thought,' Clare cut her off firinia trotted theularity 'But at the ular lessons I hope he thanked you for the outing…?'

Mrs Caruided to the front door of the co with her flustered embarrassment over the aard situation 'He did, and very nicely too He's a lovely little boy, Mrs Malcolm'

And I want hiht drifted across Clare's ed doryly 'I only wish his schoolteachers thought the same If he paid as much attention to his work as he does to his ed up sufficient small-talk to see the woiven, but when she sought out her iving

Virginia wastea in the narrow kitchen which overlooked her sarden