Chapter 20. Market garden

  The next morning Finn and Nain Joan walked down to a

  farmers market in town. The markets were held every weekend

  in a paddock near the train station. As Nain Joan looked at the caged

  birds, Finn heard the stall holders talking amongst themselves.

  This was going to be the last market for awhile until somewhere else

  could be found to set up - the army wanted to use the open paddock

  space.

  "This War is going to bring food shortages." Nain Joan told him.

  Finn had noticed the freshly turned garden beds and newly built

  chicken coops in the house yard.

  "Who's going to work the farms and get the crops in when all you

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  men go off to your War, and it won't just be England either, it'll be all

  the European countries that are involved. Even the folk in Germany."

  That was something Finn hadn't considered.

  He was still thinking about it as he walked back up the hill carrying

  bags of market produce. He helped set up a trestle table undercover

  at the back of the house and watched as Nain Joan sorted out the

  different vegetables. Some to go into the garden beds as root stock,

  the others to go into the kitchen pantries.

  ''Hello, is anybody home?" There was some one at the front door.

  "Coming." Nain Joan called out.

  "Go and see who that is Finn will you. If it's the market people with

  the hens tell them to come around the side of the house."

  Finn wiped his hands and went to see. At the front door he was

  surprised to see a school friend he hadn't seen since they'd both left

  to go to university.

  ''Hello Bish."

  Bish smiled. "I thought I saw you and Nain Joan at the markets this morning."

  "Still studying Law at Cambridge?" Finn asked.

  "I am, or rather I was. I enlisted, my call up is at the end of next week. Are you

  still at Oxford?"

  "I enlisted too." Finn said." My call up is in a few days as well."

  "We're having bit of a get together up at the house tonight. Most of the

  family have moved back to St.Ives to get out of the way of all the War

  business in London. It would be great if you could come along."

  "Thanks for invite Bish, but I was planning a quiet night in."

  Bish grinned. "My sisters have invited quite a few of their unattached

  female friends."

  "Have they now?" Nain Joan said.

  Finn laughed, of course she was standing behind him.

  "It's very nice to see you again Nain Joan."

  "And you too Bish."

  Nain Joan produced a bottle of whiskey from behind her back and

  handed it to him. "Finn will be there at eight."

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