44 Scotland Street. The Prime of Bertie Pollock, Chapter 58: Intellectual curiosity

After Irene’s declaration that she would go off to an Arctic research station with her new Norwegian friend, events moved quickly. Her next step was to call Stuart to tell him that it would no longer be possible for Bertie to say in Peterhead, and that he would be returning to Edinburgh the following day. As it happened, Irene explained, a neighbour and his wife would be driving his fish van down to Newhaven, and had agreed to take Bertie. They would make an early start, she said, and Bertie cou...