My Grandfather Left Me Only An Envelope Until I Landed In London And A Driver Was Waiting With My Name

when I pulled up. My father was in the driveway.

He smiled when he saw me, the smile of a man prepared to be amused by the failure he assumes has returned to his doorstep.

“How was London?” he said.

“Productive.”

At dinner my mother asked whether I had done any sightseeing. Thomas, with a grin, asked whether I had tea with the Queen.

“Yes,” I said.

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