The Doublet Affair (Ursula Blanchard Mysteries)
“I worked the girls hard that Friday and Saturday and wouldn’t let them take their ease even on the Sunday, but made them do a further two hours of embroidery, as soon as mass and breakfast were over.
I had hoped to see both the Masons at the breakfast table on Monday, but only Ann was there. To her, I said that the girls had earned a short holiday, and that I wished once more to make a short journey on a private matter. “I shall only be gone overnight,” I said.
“We had better tell my husband,” ...Ann said. “He broke his fast early and went out again to his workshop. He doesn’t like to be disturbed, you know.”
“I’m afraid the matter is urgent,” I said. “If you think I shouldn’t go without telling him, then I must see him.”
“Well, he would expect to be informed,” Ann said, pushing her platter away. “We’ll go together.”
Though I had been out to the workshop several times, I had only paused to watch for a few moments, never to interrupt, and I had not been out there since I came back from Thamesbank.MoreLess
I had hoped to see both the Masons at the breakfast table on Monday, but only Ann was there. To her, I said that the girls had earned a short holiday, and that I wished once more to make a short journey on a private matter. “I shall only be gone overnight,” I said.
“We had better tell my husband,” ...Ann said. “He broke his fast early and went out again to his workshop. He doesn’t like to be disturbed, you know.”
“I’m afraid the matter is urgent,” I said. “If you think I shouldn’t go without telling him, then I must see him.”
“Well, he would expect to be informed,” Ann said, pushing her platter away. “We’ll go together.”
Though I had been out to the workshop several times, I had only paused to watch for a few moments, never to interrupt, and I had not been out there since I came back from Thamesbank.MoreLess
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