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arriving soon. And the groom and his parents too. This lovely man here, who has been so kind and helpful, is Dr Gunalingam, the groom’s brother.’
    The doctor looked up from where he was monitoring Uncle Digby and nodded at Aunt Violet.
    ‘His wife and their three children are upstairs already. You’ll have to arrange some afternoon tea for them, please. Pierre delivered some cakes just a little while ago.’ Lady Clarissa ignored Aunt Violet’s protests and hugged Clementine, then climbed into the back of the ambulance. ‘Oh, and the room allocations are on the kitchen sideboard. Please make sure that everyone gets the room they’re supposed to have.’

    The doctor climbed into the back of the ambulance next to Lady Clarissa. ‘Please tell my wife where I am,’ he called out to Clementine and Aunt Violet.
    The driver closed the back doors and ran around to the cabin.
    ‘But, but,’ Aunt Violet was aghast. ‘Clarissa, you can’t leave me in charge. I don’t know anything about being hospitable.’
    Clementine gave her great-aunt a puzzled look. ‘You’re not going to the hospital.’
    ‘I said hospitable, Clementine. It means . . . Never mind. I don’t know the first thing about how to run this place.’
    ‘Don’t worry, Aunt Violet. Lavender and I will help you.’ Clementine smiled up at her great-aunt, who seemed to have steam coming out of her ears.

After the ambulance left, Clementine and Aunt Violet walked back inside. Her great-aunt began to ascend the stairs.
    ‘Where are you going?’ Clementine asked.
    ‘Back to my book,’ Violet replied.
    ‘But Mummy said that we need to tell the doctor’s wife where her husband is and then make some tea,’ she reminded her.
    ‘Godfathers,’ Aunt Violet muttered under her breath and thumped back downstairs. She followed Clementine to the kitchen.
    ‘I can’t put the kettle on, but I can help with the cakes,’ said Clementine. She noticed a large sponge cake sitting on the sideboard and some of Pierre’s chocolate-chip biscuits beside them. She retrieved a little pile of plates from the dresser and put them around the scrubbed pine table.
    ‘They’re not taking tea out here,’ Aunt Violet protested.
    Clementine stopped and thought for a moment. ‘I can take everything to the dining room, if you’d like.’
    Aunt Violet considered the effort required to move to the other room. ‘No, I’m sure the woman and her children will understand, given that we’re short-staffed. Set it up out here.’
    Clementine carefully placed the cake and the biscuits in the middle of the table.
    ‘You might as well run upstairs and fetch them,’ Aunt Violet said reluctantly. She took the kettle off the stovetop and poured the water into the large teapot.
    Clementine bounded up the back stairs. She wasn’t sure which room the family was in but the Jasmine Suite at the end of the first floor corridor seemed likely. It had two adjoining rooms and Lady Clarissa had recently installed some bunk beds she’d won in a competition. The suite was now perfect for a family staying together.
    Clementine knocked on the door. She was greeted by a pretty woman with long dark hair and a very large tummy.
    ‘Hello. My name is Clementine and I live here. Mummy asked me to tell you that your husband has gone to the hospital with Uncle Digby and Mummy, and Aunt Violet and I have made some tea for you and your children,’ she explained.
    ‘Oh,’ the lady replied. ‘I wondered where he’d got to. We heard the siren but couldn’t see what was going on. Is everything all right?’
    ‘Uncle Digby fell down. They’re just going to the hospital to check everything’s okay,’ Clementine explained.
    The sound of giggling came from the adjoining room. Clementine craned her neck to see who was making the noise.
    ‘That’s the children,’ the lady said. ‘They’ve never slept in bunk beds before so they’re a little excited. Arya, Alisha, Aksara, come and meet Clementine,’