River Queen Rose. Shirley Kennedy

leave it at that,” he said.

      She wouldn’t dream of pursuing the subject. “When we get to the River Queen, I’ll say I’m Emmet’s wife and nothing more. I don’t want them to know I plan to run the place until I talk to Mr. Field. I want to make sure whatever needs to be signed is signed, and everything’s legal.”

      “Quite right. Finish your coffee and we’ll go take a look.”