The Fool's Girl
“13 ‘The melancholy god protect thee’ Forman was in his consulting room dispensing physic and advice. A veiled woman left as Will entered. Wealthy, judging by her gloves and her clothes, perhaps even titled.
‘Came to me with pains in her head, pains in her stomach, but what she really wants to know is whether her husband is being unfaithful,’ Forman remarked. ‘They come with one thing, but want to know something other. The secret is to know what they are really about.’ He fixed Will with his... hot brown eyes. ‘So what brings you here?’ ‘I went to the Hollander today, to fetch Feste the clown, and found the place shut down. I need to find him and the girl. It’s an urgent matter. Do you know where they are?’ ‘I do. They are safe at my house in Lambeth. Sir Toby’s in the ice house. Funeral’s tomorrow.’ ‘The old man’s dead?’ ‘Yes. Yesterday. Bad business, Shakespeare. He didn’t die naturally.’ ‘Murdered? But why kill a dying man?MoreLess
‘Came to me with pains in her head, pains in her stomach, but what she really wants to know is whether her husband is being unfaithful,’ Forman remarked. ‘They come with one thing, but want to know something other. The secret is to know what they are really about.’ He fixed Will with his... hot brown eyes. ‘So what brings you here?’ ‘I went to the Hollander today, to fetch Feste the clown, and found the place shut down. I need to find him and the girl. It’s an urgent matter. Do you know where they are?’ ‘I do. They are safe at my house in Lambeth. Sir Toby’s in the ice house. Funeral’s tomorrow.’ ‘The old man’s dead?’ ‘Yes. Yesterday. Bad business, Shakespeare. He didn’t die naturally.’ ‘Murdered? But why kill a dying man?MoreLess
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