About 15 minutes later I noticed that Dee was in the doorway listening to my telling my brother about Matthais, a young monk at the abbey of Redwall. ... noticed a few minutes later that dad was standing behind her, his arms around her waist from behind as he listened also.About an hour later Georgie was falling asleep. So Dee picked him up as I slipped the receipt into the book to mark our place and set it down. “That’s some story Pete, almost like one you might create, other than the characters. Grace could sell them more if it became necessary.One last point, if either of the dogs seemed to forget how to perform as expected, he could be returned to the kennel for a quick brush up to bring him back to the peak of performance. Of course, there was a nominal fee for that, but the actual amount of the fee would depend on how much additional training the dog might need. Of course, the dogs had all of their customary shots, etc., so that was not a pressing need.Grace also asked Agnes to. Although it was possible to get to it round by the rocks where Matt and Sally had gone, I resisted the temptation to disturb them, and decided to go the long way round, by the cliff-top path.I walked along to the place where it split in two, one branch going up a steep hill to the village, the other down to Granta beach. The last part was a bit of a scramble across some huge boulders, but before long I was on the beach, and laid out my towel. Not many people came to this beach; it wasn’t as big. "Oh my!" she gasped when she saw the condition of the office."Do you have any idea what happened here?" I asked her.She shook her head slowly. "No, the office has been closed all morning,and I came in an hour ago." She stopped for a moment, thinking. Thatwasn't Ms. Price's strong suit either. "You don't suppose it hadsomething to do with the book, do you?" Book? What book?" I asked.She scurried across the hall to her cramped little office and extractedan object from her desk drawer. "This was.