'I'M scary for the children, of course,' said Tamsin.

'But you know I

don't like this kind of job. Can't someone else go?'
er father looked u! at her from his desk, and ga"e a wry smile. '#o,'
he answered. '$ou're ideal. It's only for four or fi"e weeks, until the
!arents ha"e sorted out their legal wrangles once and for all %'.
There were three bedrooms, a lounge, another sitting room, and a
large old%fashioned kitchen. &s well as a bathroom u!stairs, there
was a toilet and washbasin in a tiny room under the stairs. The
cottage was old, with solid walls and small leaded%!aned windows.
&fter she had drawn the curtains, the lounge assumed an air of
warmth and cheer. 'he went out and fetched in her luggage.
(I'd told you before not to touch the babies. It's dangerous to !lay
with the young of any ty!e of animal if the !arents are around % you
know that. It's ty!ical of you that you did it on the edge of a
waterfall)(