Chapter 719 A New Georgy-girl:>Ep15

• My family was at risk, and that was unacceptable; it was time to neutralise that risk...
• Being careful to stay out of sight, I carefully eased myself over the dry-stone estate wall and moved stealthily from cover to cover across the restored formal Tudor garden, my mother's pride and joy, using the clipped and shaped topiaries for cover as much as I could.
• I worked my way around to the back of the house, being careful to keep low and in any cover I could find. The house was huge, built in the sixteenth century in the shape of an 'E' to flatter Queen Elizabeth, and three men couldn't possibly cover all the myriad of windows and entrances, but no sense in taking any chances.