Trying to find a hankie? ‘Watch me!’ said Bea, pushing a box of tissues towards the girl. ‘You don’t understand. I can’t upset things or we’ll all be ruined. Auntie—’ ‘What about Auntie?’ said that redoubtable female, entering the room. Dilys stifled a scream. ‘I’m bored, hanging around, waiting for you to see sense. Are you ready to have the ring appraised yet? Mrs Abbot, I was sure I could rely on you.’ Dilys said, ‘Auntie, you startled me! We mustn’t do anything to upset Ben or we’ll all be out on the street.’ ‘Tell that to the birds!’ The mink coat seated herself on a typing chair. She’d been followed in by the man in the shadows, but he still didn’t seem interested in taking a hand in the game. Dilys took a tissue and began to shred it. ‘Daddy gave Ben some shares in the company when we got married. And he asked me to give him mine for his last birthday, to add to those he already had. So I did.’ ‘What!’ Sybil Holland’s face paled under the make-up.
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