Death At Bishop's Keep
“—CANDIDATE’S OATH, The Order of the Golden Dawn On the morning following her excursion to the Colchester excavation, Kate went with Aunt Sabrina to the library, taking with her a pad and paper and her fountain pen. On the newly installed desk in an alcove by the window sat a gleaming black-and-gold Remington Standard typewriter, arrived the day before. Kate couldn’t keep her eyes off it, imagining how speedily Beryl Bardwell would now be able to produce chapters of her story, for which she h...ad a new title—“The Conspiracy of the Golden Scarab”—which reflected some important modifications she had decided to make in the plot.
Aunt Sabrina sat down at her desk. “Did you discover anything at Colchester?” she asked. Her tone was half-anticipatory, half-apprehensive, Kate thought.
“I discovered that Sir Archibald Fairfax doesn’t permit women on the site of his archaeological excavations,” Kate said. “I was summarily hauled into his field tent and instructed to leave the premises—in front of Sir Charles Sheridan, who was there, he told me, to discuss the murder.”MoreLess
Aunt Sabrina sat down at her desk. “Did you discover anything at Colchester?” she asked. Her tone was half-anticipatory, half-apprehensive, Kate thought.
“I discovered that Sir Archibald Fairfax doesn’t permit women on the site of his archaeological excavations,” Kate said. “I was summarily hauled into his field tent and instructed to leave the premises—in front of Sir Charles Sheridan, who was there, he told me, to discuss the murder.”MoreLess
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