“Like crisp cotton after a long, tiring day, it wrapped about him and revived him. Out on the seafront, a few lamps glinted off the sea like fireflies, revealing the position of a few fishing boats. He turned back to Evelyn, who stood in the middle of the tiny, low beamed room, studying her travel bag whilst drawing her bottom lip between her teeth. “I don’t think you’ll find anywhere to put your belongings in here.” They were in what was apparently the largest room at the inn—and that w...as likely true. But he still had to duck to avoid hitting his head on the wooden beams and there was but a few feet of space around the old brass bed. There were a handful of other inns in Polperro but they were all the same—small, white buildings, crammed between other houses at odd angles. The fishing village wasn’t used to catering to people of Evelyn’s stature. A faint whisper of sea air brushed his bare arms. The distant tinkle of metal against wood ran across the harbour.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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