Chapter Ten“The thing is, whatever he says and despite everything I know to the contrary, there seems to be something very strange going on. Hedgehogs don't eat cabbages, so why are they there? Why so many of them? And there was hole. Big. Recently dug out, as if something had been buried there.”
“Or taken out.” Mr Tenchard handed over the cup of tea that his wife had made. Then he settled down opposite Jenny and watched her keenly. “I've known Bernie Morrison for years, Jenny. He's a vile little man. Always has been. But he went particularly nasty when his wife left him. That must have been…ooh, twelve, maybe fifteen years ago? He's been embittered ever since. Always alone, always angry, shouting, being abusive.”
“But he seems to have struck up a close friendship with Mrs Strickland. Wh
