Everyday logistics proved to be too easy. Every weekday morning, Gabriel drove Beatrice over to Hardy to shop for groceries. She was a dedicated menu planner, and even though McAdie was a simple, meat-and-potatoes guy, she also prepared hot lunches for the staff, and for those meals she prided herself on haggling with shopkeepers for the freshest vegetables, which she’d throw into stews and casseroles of variable daily composition. Harry routinely made breakfast for himself, so all he had to do was add his few items to her list, except for eggs, which Mary would fetch from McAdie’s coop, keeping careful count so those could be added to the monthly rental bill.
Harry aspired to grow accustomed to having ugali and greens in the morning, which he knew would be healthier, but he couldn’t go t
