Once Upon a Time in Hell (2013)
“ELISABETH FORSET WOKE to the sound of gunfire.
"Oh for goodness sake," she sighed, tugging herself out of bed and into her clothes.
She didn't make the same mistake as the day before, to hell with layers of petticoats and dresses. If a day began with the firing of rifles you had to assume the worst and she had no intention of facing that in anything less practical than trousers, boots and a shirt.
"What's going on?" she shouted as she stepped out of her carriage and into the passage... way beyond. A crowd appeared to have built alongside the Land Carriage and the windows were filled with angry faces and waving hands. Refusing to make eye contact with any of them until she at least had a vague understanding of what had put them in such a foul temper, she made her way along the corridor and banged on the door of her father's carriage. There was no answer so she let herself in. There was a time and a place for propriety and it wasn't when there was an angry mob outside your door.MoreLess
"Oh for goodness sake," she sighed, tugging herself out of bed and into her clothes.
She didn't make the same mistake as the day before, to hell with layers of petticoats and dresses. If a day began with the firing of rifles you had to assume the worst and she had no intention of facing that in anything less practical than trousers, boots and a shirt.
"What's going on?" she shouted as she stepped out of her carriage and into the passage... way beyond. A crowd appeared to have built alongside the Land Carriage and the windows were filled with angry faces and waving hands. Refusing to make eye contact with any of them until she at least had a vague understanding of what had put them in such a foul temper, she made her way along the corridor and banged on the door of her father's carriage. There was no answer so she let herself in. There was a time and a place for propriety and it wasn't when there was an angry mob outside your door.MoreLess
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