“I want to ask you a question,” she said abruptly. ‘Rather thought I’d have to disarm you when you heard of it. To recreate the era, I deliberately tried to avoid creating a thinly disguised bodice ripper where an “empowered” woman mouthed off to prospective suitors in jerkins and tights, in other words, a typical romance novel. ” “That’s why, in a way, I’m prudish. Chapter XXIV A CASE FOR THE POLICE After that first horrible moment it was perhaps Anna who was the more selfpossessed. The troops had kept a large space clear around the gallows. Now, however, as Gerald watched them, their heads were together and they were murmuring in French. The parlour was cluttered but cosy. "Mother, I come to you. This man has an evil reputation. He hung over her—he and his loan to her and his connection with her and that terrible evening—a vague, disconcerting possibility of annoyance and exposure. She hid behind a mirage of piety, just as I do.
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