The Cadaver Game
“For two days now they have been huddled together with John Tandy, laughing and whispering. In my presence they are silent, but I have ears to hear by doors.
I was outside the stables yesterday when I saw Tandy with two lads who work in the garden here. They were listening to his words most attentively and I watched as he handed them some coins.
I spoke to the Head Gardener and told him of my fears. He too is of the Methodist persuasion and he spoke to the lads most firmly, but this was ...to no avail for they denied any dealings with Tandy. I feel there is nothing more I can do but pray for their safety.
18 June 1815 This morning I saw a man in the garden, but I did not recognise him as a worker on the estate. When I approached him to ask his business he told me some tale about looking for his sister. I told him that no new maidservant had come to work at the house and that he must seek his sister elsewhere. He said he would do so and fled into the trees.MoreLess
I was outside the stables yesterday when I saw Tandy with two lads who work in the garden here. They were listening to his words most attentively and I watched as he handed them some coins.
I spoke to the Head Gardener and told him of my fears. He too is of the Methodist persuasion and he spoke to the lads most firmly, but this was ...to no avail for they denied any dealings with Tandy. I feel there is nothing more I can do but pray for their safety.
18 June 1815 This morning I saw a man in the garden, but I did not recognise him as a worker on the estate. When I approached him to ask his business he told me some tale about looking for his sister. I told him that no new maidservant had come to work at the house and that he must seek his sister elsewhere. He said he would do so and fled into the trees.MoreLess
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