[The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Loudwater Mystery CHAPTER II 11/34
Both Wilkins and Holloway answered it.
He bade them tell Hutchings to pack his belongings and go at once.
If he were not out of the castle by four o'clock, they were to kick him out.
Then he went, still scowling, to the stables. Mr.Manley had already finished his lunch.
Halfway through his after-lunch pipe he rose, took his hat and stick, and set out to pay a visit to Mrs.Truslove. As he came out of the park gates he came upon the Rev.George Stebbing, the _locum tenens_ in charge of the parish, for the vicar was away on a holiday, enjoying a respite from his perpetual struggle with the patron of the living, Lord Loudwater. They fell into step and for a while discussed the local weather and local affairs.
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