Chapter 10
AS TOM OPENED the rear door of the car, he saw that both William and Henry had elected to do chauffeur duty. “You guys didn’t have to do this,” he said, as he settled in the backseat.
“When Grandmother speaks we listen,” Henry said from the passenger seat.
“Besides which,” William said, “it was a slow day at the office.”
“What he means is, we had no appointments this afternoon,” Henry said.
“I appreciate it,” Tom said. “‘Thank you’ sounds sort of inadequate, to say the least, but thank you.”
They arrived at the airport a few minutes after four. William dropped them off, saying, “I’ll do the usual drill, Henry. Call me when you’re ready.”
Tom and Henry entered the airport. The arrivals monitor in the baggage area showed that the flight would be arriving in less than ten mi
