Murder At Midnight (2009)
“The steady beat of rain rattled overhead. From a distance thunder rumbled. His plan for rescuing Master Mangus filled his thoughts.
He scrambled down from his loft and looked into the bedroom. Mistress wasn’t there. Alarmed, he all but tumbled to the first floor and looked out the front door. Rain was sluicing along the street stones and flushing dirt down the central gutter. Across the way, huddled against a recessed door, stood two of Scarazoni’s green-coated soldiers. Their uniforms were dar...k with rain.
Fabrizio slammed the door shut and rushed into Mangus’s study. Mercifully, Mistress was seated at Master’s table, studying one of the treasonous papers.
“Mistress. There are soldiers outside. Watching us.”
Sophia looked up. “I saw. I suppose as long as they stay outside we needn’t worry.”
“Maybe Scarazoni is protecting us.”
“A good thing.”
“Mistress,” said an impatient Fabrizio, “last night, after I went to my place, I thought of a way to help Master.”MoreLess
He scrambled down from his loft and looked into the bedroom. Mistress wasn’t there. Alarmed, he all but tumbled to the first floor and looked out the front door. Rain was sluicing along the street stones and flushing dirt down the central gutter. Across the way, huddled against a recessed door, stood two of Scarazoni’s green-coated soldiers. Their uniforms were dar...k with rain.
Fabrizio slammed the door shut and rushed into Mangus’s study. Mercifully, Mistress was seated at Master’s table, studying one of the treasonous papers.
“Mistress. There are soldiers outside. Watching us.”
Sophia looked up. “I saw. I suppose as long as they stay outside we needn’t worry.”
“Maybe Scarazoni is protecting us.”
“A good thing.”
“Mistress,” said an impatient Fabrizio, “last night, after I went to my place, I thought of a way to help Master.”MoreLess
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