Marjorie Lewty - A Real Engagement

Leon stood up. ‘If you’re going to stay in Mon Abri it will need some attention,’ he said. ‘Let’s go and have a look at it.’ He took her hand and they walked across the terrace together. Inside the sitting-room, he stared at the crack in the ceiling. ‘It might merely be a faulty joint,’ he said. ‘If so, I could probably fix it myself. There’s a ladder in the outhouse next door; I’ll go and fetch it.’

Josie’s heart missed a beat as she had a horrible vision of Leon falling and lying senseless beside her. She put a restraining hand on his arm. ‘Oh, no, you won’t,’ she said firmly. ‘I refuse to let you climb a ladder and open up that wound in your hand again. It’s “enlightened self-interest”, to use your own words. What would happen if you “came over all peculiar” at the top of the ladder? I can deal with a cut hand but not a broken leg.’

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