Aunt Dimity And the Family Tree
“Since Peggy Taxman outweighed me by at least a hundred pounds, she stood no chance of reaching the Audi before I did, but even I couldn’t get to it as quickly as Bill. He popped out of Wysteria Lodge like a jack-in-the-box and bent to speak to the driver through the car’s open window.“No se preocupe, Señor Cocinero,” he was saying as I skidded to a halt next to him. “My wife will be glad to show you the way to Fairworth House.”“It is too much trouble,” the driver protested in heavily accented b...ut fluent English. “I could not ask such a favor.”“Nonsense!” I gasped and slid into the passenger’s seat so fast that I nearly squashed the Panama hat that was sitting there. I snatched the hat from the seat and held it in my lap as I slammed the door. “I insist on guiding you. It’s a courtesy we extend to all of our visitors,” I went on, glancing nervously at Peggy Taxman’s looming figure. “Over the bridge and first turn on the left. Let’s not keep Lady Sarah waiting, Señor.MoreLess
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