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Slade House
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Chapter 4 Summary: “You Dark Horse You, 2006”
Freya Timms, Sal’s older sister, is at the Fox and Hounds, waiting for Fred Pink to finish smoking his cigarette so that they can talk about what happened to Sal. Freya still believes in the possibility that Sal is alive. She regrets that she failed to spend more time with Sal before her disappearance, turning down Sal’s request to visit her in New York since she was too busy with work. Freya has since moved back to London, where she works as a journalist for Spyglass Magazine and lives with her partner, Avril.
Freya prepares her digital recorder for the interview. After getting permission from Fred to record, Freya encourages him to begin. Fred acknowledges the fact that many people do not consider him a credible source. Nevertheless, he declares himself guilty for what happened to Sal and her friends because he gave the information on Slade House to Axel. He tears up making this admission. Freya brings up the backstory Fred mentioned in his initial email, prompting him to begin.
Fred begins his story in 1899 at Swaffham Manor in Norfolk, the ancestral home of the Chetwynd-Pitts. Jonah and Norah Grayer are born to the family gamekeeper and his wife, Gabriel and Nellie Grayer.
