They had intended to ride out before noon to visit tenants who had requested assistance of one sort or another, but that plan was changed when, just before eleven o’clock, a footman showed Viscount Penthorpe into the estate office. “Daresay I’m expected at Tuscombe Park,” Penthorpe said when he had shaken hands with Gideon and been introduced to Barton, “but I must have passed the turn St. Merryn told me would take me across the moor. Next thing I knew, I was looking at the River Fowey, and I said to myself, it would be a good thing to drop in and visit you for a few days before going on.” “Procrastinating again, Andy?” Gideon said with a weary smile. He had not slept well. His thoughts seemed wholly taken up with matters that had nothing to do with estate business, and his ability to concentrate on things his steward wished to tell him had suffered as a result. He was glad to see Penthorpe. “Come along with me, and we’ll order up some food, for you won’t want to wait until five o’clock to dine.”
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