Traitor's Blood (Civil War Chronicles)
“She peered through the small hole in the door, presenting a sharp nose and suspicious eyes to the newcomers.
‘Want?’ Captain Eli Makepeace asked. ‘We must see your master urgently, madam. It is a matter of life and death.’ The woman sniffed. ‘They all say that. Wait there.’ She slid the shutter closed.
Makepeace stepped back from the threshold and craned his neck to look up at Langrish House. It was an imposing, three-storied structure of beige stone and huge rectangular windows. In the gatheri...ng dusk it cast sinister shadows, long and jagged.
‘Sh-shall I knock down the door, sir?’ said Bain, standing a pace or two behind the captain.
Makepeace turned, looking up at him. ‘Have patience, Sergeant. Old Moxcroft will open up once he hears our tale. No need to ply your skills yet.’ ‘And what tale’s that, cully?’ The speaker was a very short, wide, snout-nosed man in his middle forties, wielding an ancient-looking fowling piece. He and his half-dozen mates had appeared from the side of the house, all bearing muskets, poised and ready.MoreLess
‘Want?’ Captain Eli Makepeace asked. ‘We must see your master urgently, madam. It is a matter of life and death.’ The woman sniffed. ‘They all say that. Wait there.’ She slid the shutter closed.
Makepeace stepped back from the threshold and craned his neck to look up at Langrish House. It was an imposing, three-storied structure of beige stone and huge rectangular windows. In the gatheri...ng dusk it cast sinister shadows, long and jagged.
‘Sh-shall I knock down the door, sir?’ said Bain, standing a pace or two behind the captain.
Makepeace turned, looking up at him. ‘Have patience, Sergeant. Old Moxcroft will open up once he hears our tale. No need to ply your skills yet.’ ‘And what tale’s that, cully?’ The speaker was a very short, wide, snout-nosed man in his middle forties, wielding an ancient-looking fowling piece. He and his half-dozen mates had appeared from the side of the house, all bearing muskets, poised and ready.MoreLess
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