The Price of Temptation
“Adam watched Sinjon Rutherford pace the carpet in his study for a moment before replying. “I can’t see how that will be possible. I read your letters, of course. O’Neill may be right across the Channel, but we are at war with the French. It would be a fool’s mission. You’d be shot as a spy if you were caught, and you realize, of course, I could not be of assistance.”
“I could as easily hang in London, and Creighton would shoot me if he knew where I was. Other than hiding me, you haven’t been a ...lot of assistance here, my lord.”
Adam studied him. Rutherford wasn’t afraid. He looked like a man who believed he was doing the right thing, the only thing. He wasn’t going to be dissuaded by anything less than arrest and imprisonment. Whatever Adam said or did, Sinjon Rutherford intended to go to France. Admiration swelled in Adam’s breast.
“How will you get there?” he asked. “Swim?
“I’ll rent a boat. I used to sail when I was a boy.”
A small boat on the English Channel.MoreLess
“I could as easily hang in London, and Creighton would shoot me if he knew where I was. Other than hiding me, you haven’t been a ...lot of assistance here, my lord.”
Adam studied him. Rutherford wasn’t afraid. He looked like a man who believed he was doing the right thing, the only thing. He wasn’t going to be dissuaded by anything less than arrest and imprisonment. Whatever Adam said or did, Sinjon Rutherford intended to go to France. Admiration swelled in Adam’s breast.
“How will you get there?” he asked. “Swim?
“I’ll rent a boat. I used to sail when I was a boy.”
A small boat on the English Channel.MoreLess
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