Jared tells Alison Glenny that Will is in Bishopthorpe

Jared Copeland tells Alison Glenny that Will Radley is in Bishopthorpe after she says that the Sheridan Society is willing to help hunt him down. The disclosure turns a private knowledge of Will’s location into actionable information; Jared also offers a lead on Will’s relationship with the Radley family, making the call a consequential step in the pursuit of Will.

The Call and Its Offer

Alison opens the conversation by saying she has good news about Will. After a long pause, she tells Jared that they are free to hunt him down. She explains that pressure has been applied in the right places and that the Sheridan Society wants to be rid of Will as much as they do, because he has recently become too erratic. Her news changes the practical terms of Jared’s position: the effort to find Will is no longer being held back by the Society.

Alison presents the offer as a route toward resolution. If Jared confirms that Will is in Bishopthorpe, she promises that they will do everything in their power to catch him, and says Jared will be able to move on with his life. She also asks whether Will’s presence explains Jared’s move to the village. Her reassurance is paired with a direct request for information, so the call makes Jared’s cooperation the condition for turning the new permission into a focused pursuit.

Jared’s Confirmation

Jared does not immediately answer. Alison senses his reluctance to tell her anything, and the narration connects his hesitation to what Will had said to him only moments earlier in the pub. As Jared continues walking, the pub recedes behind him until its sign is only a small brown square. That concrete movement away from the conversation with Will accompanies the shift toward Alison’s request, but the text does not explain Jared’s decision as a simple change of allegiance.

He eventually confirms that Will is there. The answer is brief, but its consequence is substantial: Alison now has a specific location rather than a suspicion to investigate. Jared’s disclosure also makes the earlier conversation with Will newly consequential. He has heard Will speak about his ties to the Radleys, and is now choosing whether that knowledge, too, can be used in the hunt.

Family Information and the Pursuit

Alison follows the location question by asking whether Jared knows anything about Will’s relationship with the other Radleys that might help them. Jared thinks back to what Will told him in the pub: Will is involved with his brother’s wife. Jared confirms that he knows something relevant, without elaborating further during the call. The exchange therefore establishes both the existence of a potentially useful family connection and Jared’s willingness to disclose it; it does not provide a fuller account of the relationship in this scene.

The call’s importance lies in the accumulation of these disclosures. First, Jared confirms that Will is in Bishopthorpe; then he signals that he can provide information about Will’s connection to the Radleys. Alison’s assurance that the Sheridan Society will help catch Will gives both pieces of information an immediate purpose. The scene ends not with an arrest or confrontation, but with the pursuit newly enabled by Jared’s answers.