Chapter 5
“Belle, are you sure you are going to be all right?” The Captain asked her as they walked towards the stable
“I’ll be fine. You took great care of me,” Belle said gratefully. “And if you find my father, I will be eternally grateful.”
“I promise you that I will do what I can. Are you sure that he didn’t give you a hint to where he might be staying or where he might visit?”
“He didn’t say. I think it might be my fault for not asking.”
The two entered the stables and continued to the pen that held Captain Bernard’s horse.
“Well, I’m sure there aren’t too many places a merchant selling a clock would go. Someone has got to have seen him. When I find him or get word of where he is, I promise I’ll come back and tell you.”
“Thank you, Captain Bernard,” Belle said positioning herse
