A Death At Fountains Abbey
“She had injured her wrist in the fall, and was holding it with a reproachful air. Lady Judith stood with her back to the room, watching a group of men clustered in the yard. Kitty kept guard at the door. The space between the three women simmered with unspoken tension. Or, knowing Kitty, already spoken, at some length.‘They’re taking Jack away,’ Lady Judith said, in a quiet voice.Aislabie joined her at the window, and watched his men lift Sneaton’s body on to the coroner’s cart. ‘God rest his s...oul.’ He bowed his head. ‘He was a fine man.’‘He was a liar.’The Aislabies turned as one, horrified.Mrs Fairwood directed her words to me, standing over her at the mantelpiece. ‘He swore that he had burned the ledger. He lied on oath.’‘On my behalf,’ Aislabie said. ‘To protect me and my family.’‘And himself,’ she replied primly, still refusing to look at the man she had called Father. ‘He must have known about the bribes.’‘They were not bribes. They were legal transactions—’‘Oh, fie.MoreLess
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