Withering Heights
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“Don’t feel too lost without me!” Mrs. Malloy said, as she got out.
“Have a wonderful visit,” I called after her.
“It will be good to get home,” Ben told me as we drove away, “but if you’re not in too much of a rush I’d like to make a stop first.”
“Where?”
“Wait and see.”
“You’re being mysterious.”
“That’s the idea.” Smiling, he laid his hand on mine. We left Milton Moor behind and entered a narrow road, not much more than a lane, bordered by gray stone walls brightened by bright yellow gorse. Ben slowed the Land Rover to a stop. Getting out, I saw an opening leading onto the moors. A moment later he was beside me, taking my hand. “Come, sweetheart,” he said. “Let’s walk.”
And so we did: for miles, it seemed, across the unmown lawn that was the moor. A curlew or some sort of bird emitted a haunting cry as it flew past us. I unpinned my hair and let the wind take it. I lifted my face to the fine mist and knew I was happy.
“Is this far enough?” Ben finally asked.
“Far enough for what?”
“For this.” He drew me to him.
“Oh, I do love you when you’re masterful, Mr. Haskell,” I whispered against his throat.
“Then I must take advantage of the situation, my very dear young lady.” Ben’s eyes were alight with love and laughter before he kissed me with tender passion. And that is almost… but not quite… the end of this story.
Dorothy Cannell
Dorothy Cannell, a mother of four, grandmother of ten, and owner ot a King Charles Spaniel, was born in England and moved to the United States when she was twenty. Alter living in Peoria, Illinois, for years, she and her husband recently moved to Belfast, Maine. Her first Ellie Haskell novel. The Thin Woman, was selected as one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Cenrury by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. This is her eleventh mystery featuring Ellie, whom Bootlist describes as “part Miss Marple, part modern British mum.”
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