Wildfire At Midnight

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Genres: Fiction
The cook was busy over the stove, and one of the girls who waited at table was bustling about with stacks of plates.
    I hesitated inside the doorway, conscious suddenly of my shaking hands and the tears in my eyes, but Cook looked up, gave me a flushed, fat smile, and pointed to a place set at one end of the big scrubbed table.
    "If it's nae odds, mistress," she said in a brisk Lowland voice, "ye can hae yer denner in here. Ye'll get it hetter and quicker. Yon Inspector telt me ye'd want
...it the noo." "It's very good of you. I hope it's not too much of a nuisance." "Nae trouble at all," said Cook comfortably, not moving from the range. "Effie, gie the lady some soup." Effie was thin and dark, with enormous eyes that devoured me with curiosity. She brought me a plate of steaming soup, putting it down in front of me warily, almost as if I might bite. Then she backed off a step or two, gripping the front of her apron.
    "Noo.
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