The Deception
“Charlwood’s eyes had been open when Adrian first began to work on him, but he had soon passed out. This was just as well, I thought. Certainly neither Adrian nor I wished to speak to him.
Of course, it was Charlie whom I had to thank for my salvation. Adrian told me the story as he worked on bandaging Charlwood’s shoulder. “Somethin’ about that accident smelled bad” is how Charlie had described his feeling as he had watched me drive off with Carruthers. So he had not stayed with the overturned ...gig as I had ordered, but instead rigged a bridle for the unharnessed cob and followed me. He had rounded the curve in the road to Thatchem just in time to see Carruthers loading my unconscious body into the coach, and he had followed behind the coach all the way to the cottage before going for Adrian.
“Thank God for Charlie,” I said. “I would have been in deep trouble if he hadn’t followed me.”
Adrian didn’t reply, but the set of his mouth bespoke his feelings clearly enough.MoreLess
Of course, it was Charlie whom I had to thank for my salvation. Adrian told me the story as he worked on bandaging Charlwood’s shoulder. “Somethin’ about that accident smelled bad” is how Charlie had described his feeling as he had watched me drive off with Carruthers. So he had not stayed with the overturned ...gig as I had ordered, but instead rigged a bridle for the unharnessed cob and followed me. He had rounded the curve in the road to Thatchem just in time to see Carruthers loading my unconscious body into the coach, and he had followed behind the coach all the way to the cottage before going for Adrian.
“Thank God for Charlie,” I said. “I would have been in deep trouble if he hadn’t followed me.”
Adrian didn’t reply, but the set of his mouth bespoke his feelings clearly enough.MoreLess
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