“She said she would come down to see you one day and ask if we could not be friends after all this time. Oh, Fenella, don’t be cross! I know that Raymond was afraid you would think it was disloyal to Daddy. Of course he didn’t know then that anything was wrong with him and that he would be here. I do see what a muddle it all is.”
“Muddle!” Fenella exclaimed, putting her hands to her forehead. “I cannot think, I don’t know what to do. She will be arriving in a minute. Listen! Isn’t that a car now?”
It was a car and a moment later they heard it stop outside the front door.
“What shall we do?” Moo asked agitatedly.
Fenella forced herself to smile.
“Don’t worry,” she said.
She took Moo’s hand in hers and walked firmly towards the front door. She opened it just as the woman outside raised
