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I nodded It was too late

"Let's begin," I told e, as if I expected to be reborn

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A Grand Adventure

Grandmother Hudson sat there with an I-toldyou-so smile on her face at the breakfast table after I returned fro with my mother on the phone

"Well?" she asked when I sat in silence I knew she wanted to hear she had been right Spitefully, I wanted to keep her waiting Actually, my reluctance to speak was more out of my own pain No matter how brave a face I put on, I was still disappointed

"She's not co," I said quickly,them over for dinner I'o with land"

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nbsp; "I should go just for that," Grandirl "Have you packed everything?"

"Yes" She slid a long white envelope over the table to me "What's this?"

"Extra spendingyou need It's a bank draft, so soon after you arrive, ask Leonora to direct you to her bank and have it deposited You know, of course, all the lish pounds?"

"Yes"

"You'll have to learn the exchange rate so you understand what things will cost Of course you'll speak the sae," she continued, "but there are lophile She has an accent and all, although there were tiused to, but that will be part of the adventure?' She paused, sat back and sighed "I wish I was your age, going off somewhere I feel like I've been chained to this chair and imprisoned by my own traitorous heart," she moaned

"You've toldand that you enjoy not having to drag off somewhere," I reminded her

"Yes, we did travel quite often until Everett becahtful for a moment and then smirked at me "No one told you that you have to memorize every last word I utter in this house and then throw them back at me"