The Beckoning Lady (2007)
“SAID Tonker to Amanda, as at last they all trooped into the studio, “are bang-on. We’ve always wanted them and couldn’t manage it, somehow. What have you got? Miles of cable?”
“No.” There was a hint of triumph in the mechanic’s voice which made her husband glance at her sharply. “No, just a dry battery . . . out of a big car. It’ll last a long time.”
“Amanda.” Mr. Campion had become acutely aware that his wife was back in her home country where humours matched her own. “Where did you get it?”
Honey-coloured eyes, candid as Rupert’s, met his own. “Scat has had it to charge up for someone. We’re just borrowing it for the time being.”
He continued to look at her. “It’s the S.S.S. man’s battery, I suppose?”
“Well, he was the one who wanted the lights,” said Amanda. “Always see the right visitor pays. We’re rather good at that in Pontisbright. As Scat says, he won’t mind if he don’t never know.”
“Now isn’t that nice.” Minnie sounded pleased.
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