The House That Kept Her Name - Robin Wickens

The Hse That Kept Her Name yit © 226 i Wiks A its sv N at f tis k ay tasitt i ay f witt i witt issi f t at, xt f if tatis i viws it ty is ist iti, 226 his is a wrk f fiti. Names, haraters, bsiesses, plaes, evets, lales, ad iidets are either the prdts f the athr's imagiati r sed i a fititis maer. tis f tis k w at wit t assista f ativ A ts T at as viw a it t ttTable of ontents Fw 4 Itti A lia Bst 8 T Mla Ra 1 Wiss at T k Hat 2 T Ety tait 38 A Fi i t East Wig 48 T Na i t st 4 T k Hat's Sts 1 T Falsifi Ety 1 T Rigig Blls T Sliit's tt 8 T Hi istig w 4 T ak av 13 A Fa i t kt 111 T Alt Rgist 118 T Svats' assag 12 T Tat f Sil 133 A St ats 143Ela's ast St 12 T fssi 13 T Sliit's Tt 1 A Nw Bgiig at Wygav 18Fwd Tis k ga wit a sti tat wl't lav al wat as w w fs t akwlg wat w'v lst? I a fasiat y t ga tw wat w a v a wat w kw t t – t sa w fats a flig lli, ft ssily a witt slti. laa Val aiv i y iagiati as s w tsts ly wat a t, atalg, a fil away. S is atial, aal, a ly lly i ways s s't yt sta. W I st t Wygav Hall wit lgs a taity, I was ally askig a a lif flly kw tg s al? a w tly sta w s was y xaiig wat ty lft i? A wat w w t ts ws stis av sil fgtt? T at f 18 s t igt t f ts stis – a ti w t Vitia wl was giig t ak, w l taitis w ig allg, w w lik laa w stig it fssial sas tat a visly ls t t. Yt v as sity Fw 4sift, t sti s ai a la f f sy. Rs w kt lk. tts w . agts isaa, a ti as a a ki f s tat sa vytig a it. I wt tis k as I liv tat isty livs t ly i ga vts a li s, t i t sall, afl gsts f ts w t t wat atts w ks a ay, w svs a y, w as t ask iffilt stis w sil ss saf. I y'll fi i ts ags stig tat saks t y w xi f iita – t ly wat w iit atially, t t wigt f stis, t f sts, a t ssiility f jsti f t tg xs, t tg staig a a. Fw Intdutin T is a atila ki f sil tat sttls v a s w it as kt waitig. Nt t it f a, t t liat s f a a f s w ay v aiv – st sts fl wit a, a ss wit fs li ya aft ya, a ls agaist ti itslf. Wygav Hall, i t at f 18, was fll f s sils. It was als fll f stis, tg t sl s t av st askig t lg ag. Tis is a sty at wat w iit, a wat w w t ts w v kw. It s a wa w liv tat t wl l y ts a fats, w f safty i t laity f lgal lagag isly as it is t xl t ssy, iil siss f a flig. laa Val was a atial wa i a atial ag, a s a t Wygav Hall a wit atiality as tg it w a la t isl saw. Wat s isv t – i t agis f wills, i t aitt f s, i t afl sils f svats a t st y f a sall ty tw Itti – was tat s istis fs t fil away, a tat t ast as a way f akig lais s wt w akwlg t t. T Vitia a was a ti f t akig t atalgig f t wl, t stalist f systs, t lif tat g ifati, ly aag, l asw ay sti. Yt v as t ag ft its aiss f lassifiati, it l t it tai t stis tat sa t – t lst agts, t ist iitas, t sall ats f vti tat lft lgal ta. Tis vl iaits tat ga tw wat t sws a wat atally a, tw t itity w stt f ts a t itity w igt v tg a. Wat fllws is a at f a at lk's wit at a islat s, a f w t wk f atalgig a stat a, xtly, t wk f stig a isty. It is a sty at lgig, at t wigt f sts, a at t ssiility f jsti – t as t law fis it, t as t at igt sta it. Itti HAR 1 A Pulia Bqust I st t as i t lg wit t flat f y t, ssig til t a lay it agaist t si. T lyt Sliit's ffi kt its w atila sil i t aly aft, a s s f tikig lks a t istat sat f a ji lk's i a t asial ak f flas va as M T sift i is ai. I lik tat sil. It ask tig f y t wk i ft f . T lg f was a atalg f at valatis f t vis ya, a ty i y w at a. Silv alstiks, assss at twlv s. A gtla's wa, agay a a, val at igt. T s sttl it ti ls wit t taity f tigs tat l vifi, t, a ls. I w a li at t fial ty a ltt it, a f a t I lt y a st t ag, flig t sligt giv f t a at y al. My ay k lay i t t aw f y sk, tk A lia st 8at a saf f lak fs. I a t lk at t tga isi it si t ig, t I kw it was t. T gs f t it a g sft wit alig, t iag fa t sia a saw, t t wa's fa was still lgil if I l it t t ligt. S sat i a ga I i t gis, as fl i la, t st i a li tat igt av ati sigati. I a y f vi, llti f t. T tga was all I a, a t ay k wit its ags xis s laly tat ly t sts ai, as tg s a tak a la t y isty a v t ats tat att. I st t aw. T ll av y gav its st, isistt ig, t M T s w wat stais witt lay. I s, staigt y ffs, a li t aw staias t is ffi, y a tailig t aist t f lg ait at ta . M T's st alf . I kk a t. H sat i is sk wit is ak t t wiw, s tat t gy t ligt fll ass is sls a lft is fa i atial saw. His gy sta was, as v, ialatly ti, a is lla sat s stiffly agaist is tat tat I w, t f t fist ti, wt sta t islf st t t. A stak f ts lay f i, wigt at y a ass awigt i t sa f a li at. A lia st 'laa. Sit w.' H i t lk f t as. 'I av a att tat is y attti.' I tk t ai sit is sk. T sat was a, t lsty w st y as f lits w a sat t f , a I siti yslf at t agl I a la was st f aig ts ass a sk wil givig t aaa f lax attti. 'T Wygav stat,' sai, a w i lk , is gaz sttlig wit t atila wigt sv f sis isttis. 'Ms Hia Wygav i t wks ag. Y will av s t ti i t aztt.' I a. T at tis w at f y wk, a I a t wit t sa tial attti I gav t vytig ls. Hia Wygav, ag svty-f, f Wygav Hall i t Nt Riig. Sviv y , s t ti a ili y its sil t att. 'I all it,' I sai. 'H will is sal.' H sli a t ass t sk twa . It was i a avy a v, t ags witi ty a ai tat a lft faitly v issis, t wk f a ty sliit at ta a ity fi. 'I wat y t tavl t Wygav Hall a atalg t stat i fll. T valati st is, a t will st valiat agaist t ysial ty. I a tstig tis t y al.' I t t ags. T will was lg ta st, its lass a s- wit a isi tat A lia st 1