"What is that?" There's a man called Jesus and He died for our sins. He rose three days later and is with the Father in heaven?" What Father, Jupiter?... No Mistress, the only Father of the universe. Jesus is the Son sent down to save us." So this Son does what for you?" He saves our souls and we go to heaven when we die." I see," Penelope really didn't. "What do you have for our dinner?" We can make whatever you wish," Mary smiled."How about some beef tonight with all the usuals?" I'll see to it. Now what?" Silence. "Now we go pay a visit to his brother Jerry the county clerk."Jerry wasn't in the office. His secretary said that he was at the local restaurant. He got real still when the six of us stood around his table."Jerry Edwards, you are under arrest for grand theft and malfeasance of office. You're spending the night, and probably the next several nights, in jail. Read him is rights, CJ."He turned to us after the excitement was over. "I'll need copies of those documents. We've got. Of course Rachael was as glad as ever to see me and I her, only this summer would be different. She had admitted to me in one of her letters, she had lost her virginity to her boyfriend. Now she had a regular shagging partner, and not only that found a part time job in a shop for the summer. This really curtailed the opportunities we had to be together, still when we could we would make love to one another. Out daytime trysts were out of the question because of her job, and in the evenings. ”“Helen ... do you love him? My son?”“Yes, I do.” She didn’t have to think about that. “I tried not to, honestly. Then I tried to hide it.”“Marry my son, Helen.”Helen sighed, smiled, and replied with dignity, “Thank you. I’ll try to make him happy.”“Do you have a date in mind?”“In the New Year. We hadn’t really talked about it – it’s still new. It’ll be at St. Mary’s in Maldon. The Rector there is lovely.”Betty nodded.In the shed, Geoff leaned back against the door, watching his father smoothly.