The Heart is Torn
“She risked a peep around the heavy curtain and saw him standing at his desk, holding a thin sheaf of papers. Her mind was buzzing with what had passed between Peake and Cresse, and a fierce impatience boiled up inside her. She needed to get to Traherne Court now to warn Jeremy of what she had learned. If proof was what they needed then the orders Peake had given Cresse were more than sufficient. Adam was to be murdered in Falmouth!
A degree of calm returned to her when she recalled that Ada...m had not gone to Falmouth, but she wondered where he was in Polgarron. He needed the warning, not Jeremy, but she fancied that she would not find him, and someone had to be informed of Peake’s ghastly plot.
She cringed back into cover when the door of the room was opened. Mrs Fetters spoke, using an ingratiating tone that offended Beth’s ears.
‘Elizabeth Farrell is here, Master Peake,’ the housekeeper said. ‘She is not in her room at the moment but wandering around the house.’ ‘What’s wrong with that?’ Peake demanded.MoreLess
A degree of calm returned to her when she recalled that Ada...m had not gone to Falmouth, but she wondered where he was in Polgarron. He needed the warning, not Jeremy, but she fancied that she would not find him, and someone had to be informed of Peake’s ghastly plot.
She cringed back into cover when the door of the room was opened. Mrs Fetters spoke, using an ingratiating tone that offended Beth’s ears.
‘Elizabeth Farrell is here, Master Peake,’ the housekeeper said. ‘She is not in her room at the moment but wandering around the house.’ ‘What’s wrong with that?’ Peake demanded.MoreLess
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