Homes summary
Laura was alone in her bedroom doing the last of
the packing emptying drawers checking on the
contents of the wardrobe trying to remember
where she had put a red leather belt or whether it
was already in her suitcase. She had left Alec and
Gabriel at the breakfast table, eating the last of
the toast and drinking a second cup of coffee. As
soon as they would be leaving. The car waited at
the front door. Tremenheere was almost over.
She was in the bathroom collecting her sponge
and toothbrush and Alec shaving things when
there came a knock on the bedroom door. She
was still there still endeavouring in a bemused
fashion to finish the packing when Alec came to
find her. As he opened the door she straightened
from her suitcase a hairbrush in one hand and
the elusive bottle of Elizabeth Arden in the
other. For a long moment they looked at each
other across the room in silence not because
they had nothing to say but because words were
unnecessary.