A Battle of Brains
“Mr. Garrack asked of his housekeeper.
“She’s very poorly, sir. She won’t get up, but just lies in bed staring at the ceiling.”
“Do you think she is really ill?”
The housekeeper shook her head.
“I don’t know what it is, sir. I talks to Emily who’s her lady’s maid and she says something about her Ladyship going back to a Convent where she’s been abroad.”
Mr. Garrack’s lips tightened.
He was silent for a moment and then he said, “Tell her Ladyship that I wish to see her a...t twelve o’clock and it is very important.”
“I’ll tell her, sir.”
When he was by himself in his study, Mr. Garrack sat for some minutes thinking.
Over his long career he had coped with all types of different men and invariably, even though at times it was difficult, he always got his own way.MoreLess
“She’s very poorly, sir. She won’t get up, but just lies in bed staring at the ceiling.”
“Do you think she is really ill?”
The housekeeper shook her head.
“I don’t know what it is, sir. I talks to Emily who’s her lady’s maid and she says something about her Ladyship going back to a Convent where she’s been abroad.”
Mr. Garrack’s lips tightened.
He was silent for a moment and then he said, “Tell her Ladyship that I wish to see her a...t twelve o’clock and it is very important.”
“I’ll tell her, sir.”
When he was by himself in his study, Mr. Garrack sat for some minutes thinking.
Over his long career he had coped with all types of different men and invariably, even though at times it was difficult, he always got his own way.MoreLess
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