I had given Angela and the office staff to understand that a Midlands businessman had asked me to view with him possible sites for a country residence in the Malvern area and that the task might occupy me for several days. I am not sure they believed me. Angela for one seemed sceptical when I explained the purpose of my journey. But I did not care. Whatever she may have imagined, it was bound to be a long way from the truth. And what was the truth? It seems to me now that I was filled with a secret joy, a joy that had its root in the hour I had spent with Jacinta. There seemed no reason why Consuela should have urged her to contact me other than what I would once have been horrified to discover but now yearned to believe. She was our daughter. I felt sure it was so and equally sure Consuela would confirm as much when I spoke to her, which I was determined to do as soon as possible. I did not blame her for concealing Jacinta’s existence from me. She had no cause to think I would wish to acknowledge her.
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