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Chapter 71

           BeforeIdroveoffIlookedoncemoreatthesubstantialhousesoneithersideofNo.46.InoneofthemConchismusthavespenthisyouth.BehindNo.46waswhatlookedlikeafactory,thoughIhaddiscoveredfromtheAtoZthatitwasthebackofthestandsofLord’scricketground.Thegardenswerehiddenbecauseofthehighwalls,butthe"littleorchard"mustnowbedwarfedbythestandsoverhead,thoughveryprobablytheyhadnotbeenbuiltbeforetheFirstWar.ThenextmorningatelevenIwasinMuchHadham.Itwasaveryfineday,cloudlessSeptemberblue;adaytocomparewithaGreekday.DinsfordHouselaysomewayoutofthevillage,andalthoughitwasnotquitesograndasitsounded,itwasnohovel;afive-bayperiodhouse,posedgraciouslyandgracefully,brick-redandwhite,inanacreorsoofwell-keptgrounds.ThistimethedoorwasopenedbyaScandinavianaupairgirl.Yes,Mrs.deSeitaswasinshewasdownatthestables,ifI’dgoroundtheside.Iwalkedoverthegravelandunderabrickarch.Thereweretwogarages,andalittlefurtherdownIcouldseeandsmellstables.Asmallboyappearedfromadoorholdingabucket.Hesawmeandcalled,"Mummy!There’saman."Aslimwomaninjodhpurs,aredheadscarfandaredtartanshirtcameoutofthesamedoor.Sheseemedtobeinherearlyforties;astillpretty,erectwomanwithanopen-aircomplexion."CanIhelpyou?""I’mactuallylookingforMrs.deSeitas.""IamMrs.deSeitas."Ihaditsofixedinmymindthatshewouldbegray-haired,Conchis’sage.

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