Verity Sparks, Lost And Found (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
Making the full stop, I jabbed my pen too hard and droplets of ink spluttered over my page. When we arrived at Greystones for afternoon tea, I found that Mrs Honeydew had prepared a separate treat for the children. By which she meant Toby, Poppy – and me. At a table by the French windows, we had sweet milky tea, iced fairy cakes and biscuits shaped like I had to blot my page again. rabbits. Although I am only fourteen, I suppose I am not used to being regarded as a juvenile. I underlined the word viciously. And I was sorry I suggested to Miss Deane that we find out as much as we could, for – as I am beginning to realise – Miss Deane can be overenthusiastic. I could hear the two of them over the children’s chatter, and I’m afraid she interrogated Mrs Honeydew like a police officer. However, Mrs Honeydew is a pleasant, good-natured woman, and very chatty as well, and Miss Deane found out the following: Mrs Honeydew has been Mrs O’Day’s nurse companion for three years, since just before Mr O’Day died.
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