Chapter 24
The Dunwick houseguests were not to leave for New York City the next day, or the day after that. It took the entire first day after the storm to clear the fallen trees that blocked local roads to Hassett Knoll and the East Hampton Station, only to find the railway closed while a one-hundred-year-old sycamore was being cleared from the tracks along the line to Bridgehampton. Telegraph lines were also down, making quick communication to New York City impossible.
Gemmer alternately chafed, sulked, and spent his time with Nash, dictating telegrams and letters he could not send.
William Nash took the extra workload with ill grace, casting dark looks at Reese, at leisure to play billiards and smoke cigars with David, Rusty, and Sir Anthony.
The one bright spot was the respite the
