Prophecy (2011)
“Lord Burghley’s face constricts in an expression of distress. I suspect it is mirrored on my own face, though I don’t yet know why. No one moves.
‘You’re quite sure? This is the man who gave you the message for Lady Abigail?’ Walsingham speaks sharply and the boy looks confused; his eyes flick wildly from me to Walsingham to Burghley and back, as if between us we are trying to trick him.
‘No! Not the message - that is to say - the message came from him, but it wa’n’t him who gave it to me.’ ‘Yo...u are not making any sense, boy.’ ‘He told me the message came from Master Bruno - the man who stopped me in the yard,’ the boy says, a note of panic rising in his voice. ‘I couldn’t rightly see him in the dark, but he had an English voice. This is Master Bruno,’ he adds, pointing again. ‘It wa’n’t his voice. He’s not English.’ ‘We know that.’ For a moment Walsingham betrays his impatience, then he masters himself and his tone softens. ‘We need to understand what happened tonight.MoreLess
‘You’re quite sure? This is the man who gave you the message for Lady Abigail?’ Walsingham speaks sharply and the boy looks confused; his eyes flick wildly from me to Walsingham to Burghley and back, as if between us we are trying to trick him.
‘No! Not the message - that is to say - the message came from him, but it wa’n’t him who gave it to me.’ ‘Yo...u are not making any sense, boy.’ ‘He told me the message came from Master Bruno - the man who stopped me in the yard,’ the boy says, a note of panic rising in his voice. ‘I couldn’t rightly see him in the dark, but he had an English voice. This is Master Bruno,’ he adds, pointing again. ‘It wa’n’t his voice. He’s not English.’ ‘We know that.’ For a moment Walsingham betrays his impatience, then he masters himself and his tone softens. ‘We need to understand what happened tonight.MoreLess
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