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a second and third time, he must have caught on it was a code name or something. Suddenly a Bob comes to the phone, the same one who placed the order. I guess that says something." |
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Fellows shrugged. "Like whatever they were making up there, and whoever was making it, didn't have names attached." |
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"Maybe it was some kind of top-secret stuff they were doing. Or maybe, being scientists, they were too good for us mortals." |
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"Any idea how many worked there?" |
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"Few times, when they were too busy to come out, I delivered. Maybe a half-dozen, judging from the orders and cars in the lot." |
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"Anybody else in town who might know any of them?" |
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Paul shook his head, then remembering, "'Cept that once." |
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"When they called a delivery for about fifteen people," he said. "They wanted party platters with all the trimmings. Remember taking it up there in the wagon. Lots of military brass and limos outside. Yeah, I never got past the gate. Coupla second looies met me to carry in the eats. Remember thinking they had something cooking in there that the Almighty didn't even know about." |
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Calvin thanked the man and left. |
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The Registry of Deeds closed at five, so at four-thirty, when Calvin arrived, it was virtually empty except for the staff preparing to leave. |
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But this time he knew exactly where to look. Grantors and Grantees aisle number 11, volume 13664. He turned to page 486, surprised at his recall. At the bottom of the third page he found what he was looking for. Under the schematic diagrams of the property was the footnote reference to Plot 5, recorded in Book 9238, page 235. He jotted those figures down and found the volume. |
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On page 235 he found the deed and plan drawing for Plot 5. According to the description, the four acres which would eventually hold his house originally had been part of Magog Woods and designated as underdeveloped property. But it had been clearly and precisely sectored off from the rest of the town-owned conservation land and sold to a private party. The deed, which comprised the |
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