PART 28

At exactly 11:46 am the firm's director sent word that he should assemble in his office. What for - one could hazard any guess save for the possibility that the director wanted him paid off. He wasn't about to let his hopes be raised up and then sourly shattered again.

Inside the office of the firm's director he felt the ease and genial attitude of the director as he introduced him to the issues for which he wanted his audience and contribution.

The long and short of it was that the director wanted to conduct certain inquiries about what he believed and what was rumoured about Bewin's ongoing relation with the Christian Academy - in and outside the city.