Sanjay drove as fast as he could, desperate to get them to Ledsey Cross. ‘Slow down or we might not make it at all,’ Selena said.
‘We’ll make it.’
They almost missed the turning to Heddlewick. Since passing the manor house the road had climbed again along one side of a steep, wooded valley. Sanjay braked hard and stopped the coach, then reversed back. Selena shook Vicky’s shoulder. ‘Look, Vic. This is it.’
Tantalising glimpses of tightly packed slate roofs appeared below them, visible through the trees. ‘I can’t believe it. We’ve done it,’ Ruth said.
‘Not yet we haven’t,’ Vicky reminded her.
‘I know, I know. I’m trying not to get ahead of myself, but it’s hard.’
‘You sound nervous, Ruth,’ David said.
‘You don’t say. I’m more nervous than I’ve felt in a long, long time. There’s a lot
