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Chapters (59)
  1. Cover
  2. ABOUT THE BOOK
  3. Dedication
  4. PREFACE
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY
  55. ENDING
  56. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  57. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  58. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  59. Also by Val Wood

Filip came to collect them to take them to their house and they all squashed into his trap; Lizzie too, as she had also been invited. Ellen was disturbed when he said it was too far for Harry to walk between the two houses at present, as she thought that if that were the case it would also be too far for Anna to walk to the proposed bakery. We’ve to think of the children; how can we possibly do this? She had previously thought they could take it in turns to have the children on different days; prove the dough in an evening and bake the following morning. It’s not going to work, she thought miserably, and I really want it to.

The rooms in the house the Boscos were renting were in Margaret Street, off the Beverley road; it was a pleasant street, with only a few houses as yet but plans for future development, according to Filip. ‘But it doesn’t matter,’ he said jovially. ‘When I make my fortune we will move to a whole house and not just have a few rooms.’

He’s very ambitious, Ellen thought, but there’s nothing wrong with that; he’s willing to work hard for what he wants, as we all are.

He and Harry, who was sitting at the front with him, were discussing the plans for Tannerson’s, and Ellen could tell that Lizzie was listening to what they were saying, although she didn’t comment.

‘Lizzie,’ Ellen said, trying to speak so quietly that only Lizzie could hear her over the chatter of the children and the rumble of the wheels on the rough road. ‘I keep meaning to ask; Harry said that Tannerson and Son’s company name is to be changed to Tannerson and Partner.’

Lizzie nodded. ‘So it is.’

‘So has the partner’s name been announced yet?’

Lizzie paused and then looked steadily at Ellen. ‘Not yet it hasn’t,’ she responded. ‘It will be. But not yet. It’s too soon.’

Ellen held her gaze for a further few seconds before looking away. It had been a significant pause that Lizzie had chosen not to break, and Ellen allowed herself a little smile: her sister was shrewd and wise and imaginative; what better partner could Mr Tannerson need?