Chapter SeventeenThey went through the morning's business with their usual efficiency. Mr McCloud didn't ask Jenny very much about what had been happening with the Burks since his last visit. Indeed, he seemed totally occupied with the day's normal business. Dogs, cats, rabbits and birds in the morning, then a brief visit to one of the farms in the afternoon. Just before he was due to leave for the airport, he finally asked Jenny if she had learned anything about the creature she had been looking after. “I see it's gone,” he said, nodding towards the empty holding cage.
“Yes,” she said, biting down on a digestive biscuit, trying not to get too embroiled in an explanation regarding the creature's disappearance.
“And you say someone from the Natural history Museum is coming over to have a
