Chapter Seven
Pennies From HeavenThe next morning Sally couldn't wait to ring William before leaving for school. “Darling, I must tell you. All sorts of funny things are going on at this end.”
“What sort of things?”
Sally drew in a deep breath, full of her news. “Well, first of all, Ma's been very secretive lately.”
“That's nothing new,” William replied without thinking, then after some thought he amended it diplomatically to, “is it?”
“Yes, well, she's even more so this morning. She's been rummaging in all the cupboards and found an old briefcase of Pa's, and took it into her bedroom and locked the door behind her, before going off to her Women's Forum meeting.”
“She was probably looking for some papers to take along. What's odd about that?”
“Well, to start with, I couldn't help l
