The Fyre Mirror (2014)
“Amid the hubbub of voices and people, she picked out separate voices.
“Smother the flames!”
“It’s too far gone!”
“How in the deuce did that get started?”
“But I was nearby. No one even approached it just now and certainly didn’t light it, so—”
Elizabeth saw no reason to douse the fire. It had quite consumed the portrait, and had burned most of the wooden easel on which the canvas rested. Lavina had appeared, panting and wringing her hands. She did not cry or speak, but gaped... at the charred ruin. Henry Heatherley shoved past Gil, not to see Lavina’s work but to check his own, and cried out, “Hell’s gates, would you look at this!”
The queen rushed to Heatherley’s portrait. Two neat oval scorch marks marred her face, which he had begun to flesh out today.
When Cecil suddenly appeared in the crowd, Elizabeth pointed at the marks and asked, “My lord, do you recognize these shapes?”MoreLess
“Smother the flames!”
“It’s too far gone!”
“How in the deuce did that get started?”
“But I was nearby. No one even approached it just now and certainly didn’t light it, so—”
Elizabeth saw no reason to douse the fire. It had quite consumed the portrait, and had burned most of the wooden easel on which the canvas rested. Lavina had appeared, panting and wringing her hands. She did not cry or speak, but gaped... at the charred ruin. Henry Heatherley shoved past Gil, not to see Lavina’s work but to check his own, and cried out, “Hell’s gates, would you look at this!”
The queen rushed to Heatherley’s portrait. Two neat oval scorch marks marred her face, which he had begun to flesh out today.
When Cecil suddenly appeared in the crowd, Elizabeth pointed at the marks and asked, “My lord, do you recognize these shapes?”MoreLess
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