Symptoms of Death (Dr. Alexandra Gladstone book 1)
““Quince is dead?” Her voice trembled as she spoke.
The two boys didn’t answer, but they exchanged glances, wide-eyed and frightened.
She glanced at first one and then the other. “How was he killed?” She found that her voice was still weak.
“’E was tied up first, so’s he couldn’t struggle, by my reckoning. Then ’e was choked to death. Had a rope around ’is neck ’e did,” the older of the two said. Both had dirty brown hair, but the older one had a thin face and a long, lanky body. He ...appeared to be about sixteen, close to Elsie’s age. The younger one’s face still had the plump roundness of a child, and he couldn’t have been more than eight or nine.
Alexandra felt a moment of shock at the boy’s words. “A rope around his neck…”
“Strangled he was, same as the earl hisself.” The boy’s voice was little more than a whisper. He expressed the same thought Alexandra was thinking.MoreLess
The two boys didn’t answer, but they exchanged glances, wide-eyed and frightened.
She glanced at first one and then the other. “How was he killed?” She found that her voice was still weak.
“’E was tied up first, so’s he couldn’t struggle, by my reckoning. Then ’e was choked to death. Had a rope around ’is neck ’e did,” the older of the two said. Both had dirty brown hair, but the older one had a thin face and a long, lanky body. He ...appeared to be about sixteen, close to Elsie’s age. The younger one’s face still had the plump roundness of a child, and he couldn’t have been more than eight or nine.
Alexandra felt a moment of shock at the boy’s words. “A rope around his neck…”
“Strangled he was, same as the earl hisself.” The boy’s voice was little more than a whisper. He expressed the same thought Alexandra was thinking.MoreLess
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