Victoria Pullen
had more to drink than she really should have the night after dinner with
Harold and decided to forgo breakfast, she’d just have to double up the next
day when she wouldn’t be hung over.
Harold on the
other hand rose bright and early to open the shop, although the brightness was
turned down a bit.
At St Clara’s the Banns were read for Arielle and Harry’s
wedding.
Banns
need to be read in the parish where each of them lives as well as the Church in
which you are to be married, in their case both locations were the same, and Banns must be read out in Church for
three Sundays during the three months before the wedding.
The Beaumont family had once
owned the whole island but after three successive heirs were killed in action
during the Great War the accumulated death duties forced the only surviving
Beamont, George, to sell off the estate in 1920, auctioning off the buildings,
the port, and parcels of land.
Fortunately, the sale managed
to raise enough to pay off the taxman, while being able to keep Woodside Farm
and retain a Beaumont family presence on the island.
It was that event that was
celebrated on the last weekend in May every year.
There was a dinner party on
Saturday night with a few houseguests and a BBQ on the Sunday for about twenty
additional guests and amongst those were Molly and Danny, who took along
Victoria and Elisa.
Woodside
was the largest of the five farms on the island covering the whole of the
southeast corner, a large wedge-shaped parcel of land bordered by Halfway Lane
to the north, Spanish River and the Eagles Crag in the west and the rugged
coastline from Manor Cliff Beach to Armada Head to the east.
During the BBQ Elisa Ghelardoni
chatted with one of the stable girls, Lisa Scott, and expressed her love of
horses and Lisa kindly offered to give her a tour of the stables.
While
Victoria struck up a conversation with Deborah Woodward and the conversation
inevitably turned toward medical matters.
Although she was working in
Colorado Springs when she began caring for Sir Avery Arnold she was born in
Denver, and had nursed all over the state, and she talked at length about her
Nursing career.
“We could really use someone with your skill set at Bellevue”
Deborah said
“I’ve never worked outside the States” Victoria said
“That’s not a problem”
“Do you think I’d have a chance?” Victoria asked
“Well speaking as Chief of
Medicine” she replied “I think you might, pop in and see me and I’ll show you
around”
“It
sounds interesting, but where would I live? I can’t impose on Molly
indefinitely” she said
“Well
there is accommodation available for staff who need it” Deborah replied
“That’s
food for thought” she said “But I’m going to be away for the next week”
“Well think about it while you’re away and if you’re interested
give me a call” she said and wrote her number on a scrap of paper from her bag.
“Thank you” Victoria said
“What was that all about?” Molly asked
“I think she just offered me a job” Victoria replied
“Wow that’s great”
“I didn’t come here looking for a job” She said “And I don’t live
here, I don’t have anywhere to live here, it’s a nonstarter”
“Somewhere to live isn’t an issue” Molly pointed out
“I can’t be living with you and getting in yours and Danny’s way”
Victoria said forcefully
“I was thinking of one of the newly renovated places” Molly
explained
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