ABSTRACT
Friday morning, 23 February. There is a bundle on Timothy’s desk when he arrives at work. The deeds of Fell View from the Ledchester & Bongley Building Society (the Goldberg Sale). In spite of some years (we diplomatically omit to mention how many) struggling with a law degree followed by the Legal Practice Course, this is the first time that Timothy has seen a real deed of conveyance. He is disappointed. Expecting something like a medieval, illuminated manuscript on finest parchment heavy with wax seal, he finds documents typed on ordinary (though of rather better quality than Basildon Bond) paper and the seals no more than red circles of paper stuck on (one of which becomes detached and floats gently to earth as he looks at the document).
