The Revenge of Captain Paine
“Earlier in the day, Emily had made arrangements to show Pyke the row of terraced houses on Granby Street where Horace Groat employed up to a hundred children, some as young as six, to stitch together boots and shoes in near-darkness, working them for fifteen or sixteen hours and paying them as little as a shilling a day.
‘You lied to me,’ Emily said, eventually, in a menacing tone.
‘It didn’t seem important.’ Emily nodded, as though she’d expected him to say this. ‘If it wasn’t important, why g...o to the effort of lying?’ ‘Because I didn’t want you to think what you’re no doubt already thinking.’ ‘And what am I no doubt thinking?’ This time there was a trace of real anger in her voice.
Pyke stared out of the window, not wanting to answer her question.
‘We went to her house. All of us. Felix, too. And you didn’t think it necessary to let me know she was an old friend?’ ‘She was an acquaintance, not a friend.’ ‘I don’t care what she was,’ Emily shouted.MoreLess
‘You lied to me,’ Emily said, eventually, in a menacing tone.
‘It didn’t seem important.’ Emily nodded, as though she’d expected him to say this. ‘If it wasn’t important, why g...o to the effort of lying?’ ‘Because I didn’t want you to think what you’re no doubt already thinking.’ ‘And what am I no doubt thinking?’ This time there was a trace of real anger in her voice.
Pyke stared out of the window, not wanting to answer her question.
‘We went to her house. All of us. Felix, too. And you didn’t think it necessary to let me know she was an old friend?’ ‘She was an acquaintance, not a friend.’ ‘I don’t care what she was,’ Emily shouted.MoreLess
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