14 Campion to MoveMr Campion was hidden in the high-backed Queen Anne chair in the faded drawing-room at the Dower House, and Biddy did not notice him at first when she came bustling in.
It was not until she caught sight of his long thin legs sprawled out across the hearthrug that she realized that he was there. She pounced on him immediately.
‘Albert, if you don’t get rid of Mr Barber for the Lobbetts this day I shall have a nervous breakdown. I can’t bear it.’
He sat back in his chair and grinned at her.
‘You won’t,’ he said. ‘You’ve got more real nervous stamina than all the rest of us put together.’
Biddy did not smile. She remained staring down at him, a peculiar intensity in her eyes.
‘You’re a beast, Albert,’ she said. ‘I used to be awfully fond of you. I’d never seen you at w
