Healer
“Stott’s plot still didn’t look like anyone else’s idea of a garden. You noticed the rows of white labels first. The plants were arranged not for looks but in botanical order, and the effect was that of a stamp collection. In the main area there was only one specimen of anything, though in a patch around the back Mr. Stott raised batches of seedlings or cuttings, either for replacements or to swap with some other alpine nut for something he hadn’t got, or to sell to a big garden centre over at B...rant which had what it called a plantsman’s corner. Any spares he couldn’t use one of these ways he slung out, no matter how rare or beautiful. Rare was much more important than beautiful, of course.
At the sound of the gate Mr. Stott swivelled round, ready to yell, saw who it was, and bent back to what he was doing. Barry locked the Galaxy to the gate. It was inconceivable that a bike thief was going to chance by, but all of Barry’s savings from last summer (the money he’d pretended to Mr.MoreLess
At the sound of the gate Mr. Stott swivelled round, ready to yell, saw who it was, and bent back to what he was doing. Barry locked the Galaxy to the gate. It was inconceivable that a bike thief was going to chance by, but all of Barry’s savings from last summer (the money he’d pretended to Mr.MoreLess
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