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Chapters (73)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. PART ONE
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. PART TWO
  16. TWELVE
  17. THIRTEEN
  18. FOURTEEN
  19. FIFTEEN
  20. SIXTEEN
  21. SEVENTEEN
  22. EIGHTEEN
  23. NINETEEN
  24. TWENTY
  25. TWENTY-ONE
  26. TWENTY-TWO
  27. TWENTY-THREE
  28. TWENTY-FOUR
  29. TWENTY-FIVE
  30. TWENTY-SIX
  31. TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. TWENTY-NINE
  34. THIRTY
  35. THIRTY-ONE
  36. THIRTY-TWO
  37. PART THREE
  38. THIRTY-THREE
  39. THIRTY-FOUR
  40. THIRTY-FIVE
  41. THIRTY-SIX
  42. THIRTY-SEVEN
  43. THIRTY-EIGHT
  44. THIRTY-NINE
  45. FORTY
  46. FORTY-ONE
  47. FORTY-TWO
  48. FORTY-THREE
  49. FORTY-FOUR
  50. PART FOUR
  51. FORTY-FIVE
  52. FORTY-SIX
  53. FORTY-SEVEN
  54. FORTY-EIGHT
  55. FORTY-NINE
  56. FIFTY
  57. FIFTY-ONE
  58. FIFTY-TWO
  59. FIFTY-THREE
  60. PART FIVE
  61. FIFTY-FOUR
  62. FIFTY-FIVE
  63. FIFTY-SIX
  64. FIFTY-SEVEN
  65. FIFTY-EIGHT
  66. FIFTY-NINE
  67. SIXTY
  68. SIXTY-ONE
  69. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  70. Keep Reading …
  71. About the Author
  72. Also by Barbara Taylor Bradford
  73. About the Publisher

In actuality, Patrick was not given to self-indulgence, because of his nature and also the need to be frugal, to cleverly manage the money he earned. Nevertheless, he believed he could treat himself to his racing sheet and the newspaper every day.

He was an avid reader of the Daily Mail, genuinely interested in the news, wanting to know what was happening in the rest of the world, as well as in his own country.

Information was important to him, and knowing as much as he could gave him a true sense of security. He wanted always to be prepared … for just about anything. What had happened to his sister and her family, caught in poverty and ill-health, had saddened him deeply.

Eileen had talked to him a lot, four years ago, just before Blackie had come to live with them. And he would always be glad she had, because she’d had more insight into what the boy’s presence in their lives would mean than he had himself. She had wanted Blackie to come, but had talked about the ways their life might change – for good and bad – having a lad they hardly knew in their home.

While it was true the dynamics of life in their house had changed quite markedly, his nephew had brought nothing but a quiet joy to their home over the past four years.

It had been a big change but, even from the start, Blackie had proved easy to live with. After tea, he mostly went up to his bedroom to read, his appetite for learning about buildings and engineering fed by the library books he borrowed. Although he was garrulous at times, he knew when quietness was required, and would slide off to leave them alone downstairs.

The only time they’d found themselves at odds had been when Blackie turned fifteen. Patrick had not been able to stop him signing up as a navvy; his nephew had been determined to earn the lucrative money that the brutal work paid, and for six long months they had only seen him occasionally. When he did come home, he was exhausted from the demanding work on the canals and railways, his thin frame reflecting the harsh life.

Nowadays, he was back working for his uncle and was no problem at all, studying at night school and still determined to build his way to a bigger life. Blackie was seventeen, nearly a man, and had made many friends, and was blessed with a magnetic personality that attracted people to him.