'' two-day-old , i 'd guess , even being charitable . but i 'll deliver them in a jiffy . '' emilia got up and went into the lodge , turning on lights as she went . jenni did n't look up as emilia came back with a tray of microwave-warmed ham-and-lettuce sandwiches and hot chocolate . from over her shoulder she unloaded two wool blankets , one for herself and one for
jenni

she came to understand that while her customers might ask her how much a busy lizzie cost , they were never going to put themselves out so far as to enquire about the bun in her oven . in the great scheme of things , the bun in marla 's oven was always going to be a piddling irrelevance compared to their busy lizzie . sublime indifference -- for that she could count on her customers 200 per cent . there was a good chance they would n't even spot the difference between her and the temp she would hire when she needed to take a week off work for the
birth

'' got a call from the general store about you . said you had a piece of fur to show me that i might be interested in , '' he explained . adam paused in his writing and his eyes flickered up to the old man . i raised an eyebrow . '' why would you be interested in a piece of
fur