The Sticklepath Strangler (2001)
“Baldwin and Simon looked about them. There was no dwelling here so far as they could see. They had climbed a little way up the hill from the clearing towards the Cornwall road, higher into the woods, but there appeared to be no house nearby. As Baldwin stared about them, all he could see was trees and a low wall some distance farther up the slope. Aylmer went and sniffed at it.
‘She wouldn’t come to live with me, even though she knew I would have protected her,’ Serlo said gruffly. ‘I think... her man gave her enough of a clue about what men would do. Not that it stopped her that once.’ ‘You mean her daughter?’ Baldwin asked. He was still gazing about him, trying to see where Meg could be living.
‘Yeah. Poor child. She was a nice little thing, too. Chubby and cuddly, if you know what I mean. Never had an ill word for anyone, even though they shunned her. And why? All because her mother was looked on as mad, and probably a whore to boot.’ ‘Her father was a Purveyor, I hear.’ ‘That’s right.MoreLess
‘She wouldn’t come to live with me, even though she knew I would have protected her,’ Serlo said gruffly. ‘I think... her man gave her enough of a clue about what men would do. Not that it stopped her that once.’ ‘You mean her daughter?’ Baldwin asked. He was still gazing about him, trying to see where Meg could be living.
‘Yeah. Poor child. She was a nice little thing, too. Chubby and cuddly, if you know what I mean. Never had an ill word for anyone, even though they shunned her. And why? All because her mother was looked on as mad, and probably a whore to boot.’ ‘Her father was a Purveyor, I hear.’ ‘That’s right.MoreLess
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