The Wilt Inheritance
“In any case, she was used to Edward messing about with guns. All the same she went over to the landing window where she was surprised to see four identical girls dashing into the gardener’s cottage, followed by Eva and Wilt. For a moment she was stunned before it dawned on her what Eva had meant when she’d spoken about ‘the quads’, only occasionally naming one of them. Clarissa had failed to take in the fact that the Wilts had quadruplets. Maybe it wasn’t so surprising. Sir George talked so fre...quently about quads in Cambridge colleges and ducking unpopular undergraduates in the quad pond that Eva’s use of the word in a family context had escaped her.
Their presence compounded her problem with her husband. Having no children of his own, Sir George hated almost all young people. He had certainly never made any secret of his dislike for Edward, frequently referring to him as ‘that verminous son of yours’ and on one particularly infamous occasion expressing the hope that ‘the swine would fall off a bloody turret’.MoreLess
Their presence compounded her problem with her husband. Having no children of his own, Sir George hated almost all young people. He had certainly never made any secret of his dislike for Edward, frequently referring to him as ‘that verminous son of yours’ and on one particularly infamous occasion expressing the hope that ‘the swine would fall off a bloody turret’.MoreLess
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