Has anyone seen any of Klondike? Augustus Prew - the actor who plays Robin - is in it. It's worth a watch!
The police had no ideas and eventually William's sister was buried without her murderer being caught. The whole affair had made Robin desperate to leave again – he had a good idea who was to blame, but couldn't prove anything – so he mentioned it one night to William.
"I want to leave."
"I suppose you've earned your freedom." The man winked across the table at Robin. "You could probably afford some reins now, too."
"Do you want to come with me?" Robin asked quickly, squinting and expecting some rant about not being able to afford to leave his shop. But William was silent and still. "I want to go home. It would be nice to have a friend."
"Home as in Moonacre?"
"Yeah."
"With the De Noirs who hate you and want your guts?"
"Yeah."
"Sounds like a good way to get yourself killed."
"So you're coming?" Robin stared at William, breathing raggedly. The excitement of going home had made all dangers seem very reasonable.
"If you help me sort everything out. I've had enough here. May as well upsticks now." William was rubbing his forehead with his palm, staring at the table. "Do you think we could sell the stock?"
"Most of it. We can always sell as we go." Robin suggested, shrugging his shoulders.
"Do you have any money?"
"None." Robin laughed, remembering how he'd refused his family's donations. "You should know that by now."
"I'd hoped you had some stashed in a boot or something." William sighed and laughed. "Tomorrow I'll go and talk to the bank and see what we can do. You can do a stocktake and work out what we'll be able to carry on us and two horses."
"Do you think they'll forgive us for taking them out of their nice warm stables?" Robin laughed, thinking about how well Ivy had settled into her new home. William shrugged.
"We'll just have to be extra nice to them."