Till Hugh Departed This Life

Lynn Gibson was a lovely girl. Whenever I had holidays with my grandparents, I walked to the other side of the moor to pay her a visit. Lynn was an invalid (she had a problem with her legs), but cheerfully she looked after the farmhouse since her mother deceased. She did the cooking, the laundry and the bookkeeping for her father. There were six children. When she saw me, she gave me a shy smile and offered me a cup of tea. I knew something had happened since I saw her last summer, but I waited...