It was almost two weeks later when finally, Maurice Goldman persuaded Peter Mackay to provide the signed statement, and all that time Donald Grant kept him in his modest home. Maeve felt guilty about the imposition, but when she spoke of it, he recalled their debt to her for rescuing the Fraser children. The girls were thriving with Margaret Morton, who cared for them as if they were her own. Maeve would visit them when this business was over.
Then on 10th July, Maurice arrived with breathtaking news. Bernard’s execution, due to take place on the 15th - had been rescinded while the perjury case went forward. Maeve had expected to be relieved when she heard this, but nothing could have prepared her for the sheer joy which swept through her at the lawyer’s words. ‘To be sure, we can’t thank
