The Convenient Arrangement
“Sitting up in his bed, he looked around, bewildered. How had the windows in Wolfe Abbey been moved and changed shape while he was sleeping? The big window should be on his left as lief his right, and the hearth should be … Another scream rang through the room. It whisked the remnants of sleep from his head. A woman’s scream! Egad, he hoped David had not found another colony of bats and set it to prey on someone else tonight. No, that wouldn’t be possible at this hour. The bats would be hunting ...in the darkness.
Or had the boy set some other prank in motion? During the past week, Lorenzo had found sour milk in his tea, pepper on his facecloth, and a trio of frightened frogs hidden beneath the blanket on his bed. David was, he knew, the creator of each prank, although Lorenzo had yet to catch him in the act of sneaking into his room.
So what was he up to now?
Grabbing his cream satin robe, Lorenzo pulled it around his shoulders as he rushed out into the corridor and right into something soft and silky and wondrously fragrant.MoreLess
Or had the boy set some other prank in motion? During the past week, Lorenzo had found sour milk in his tea, pepper on his facecloth, and a trio of frightened frogs hidden beneath the blanket on his bed. David was, he knew, the creator of each prank, although Lorenzo had yet to catch him in the act of sneaking into his room.
So what was he up to now?
Grabbing his cream satin robe, Lorenzo pulled it around his shoulders as he rushed out into the corridor and right into something soft and silky and wondrously fragrant.MoreLess
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