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No ainst ain and again until it was nearlyThen I finally fell asleep the way someone would accidentally step into a poorly covered old well, descending in a panic down into the darkness,out above inc as if they were tied to a hot red ribbon The ht was already strea the roo illumination

I groaned Every part ofsick If there was ever a wrong tiht When I rose I poured so bath powder into a hot tub and soaked for nearly twenty ot dressed and went down to make myself some coffee

The phone rang almost as soon as I entered the kitchen It was Mr MacWaine, the ade School of Drama in London, the man who had discovered land

He wanted to knoas doing and what I was planning for my immediate future

"If I've had one inquiry concerning you I've had ten" he toldRain," he said

"Thank you I expect I will I was going to contact you about arrangements to live in the dorm this time Mr MacWaine"

"That won't be a problem," he assured me "I am happy to see you will continue with us I am sure Mrs Hudson would have wanted that," he said

I thanked him for his concern and interest

"Oh, before I forget" he continued "there was one inquiry I promised I would pass on to you Apparently you won the admiration of a London professor a Shakespearean scholar Doctor Ward He's an acquaintance of one of the board of trustee members and he's asked after you Was he at our showcase?" Mr MacWaine wondered

"Yes," I said I didn't knohat else to say, but al Whenever I lied about my secret past I just added to the deception, the false foundation beneath this fa any part of that

"Lovely," Mr MacWaine said "Do keep ements In the meantime I'll see to the dormitory space," he promised

Speaking with him lifted o, a future just waiting for me to fulfill it I was certainly not stuck here Hoonderful thatforward to seeingto know me Grandmother Hudson had been disappointed in people too often to believe there would be any value formy real father I understood her cynicism but I wasn't at all ready to accept it

Buoyed I discovered I was hungry and preparedand cleaning so and say, "See, see how she is letting our property deteriorate"

As I was cleaning up after breakfast, the phone rang again This time it was Aunt Victoria

"Yourthe ith such veno in thiswith our attorney for lunch first," she added, which was clearly meant to intimidate me